NATO: Russia continues to provide assistance to the militias in the East of Ukraine
Russia is preparing militias in the East of Ukraine and provides them with logistical assistance, said in the Polish city of Szczecin commander in chief of the combined military might of NATO in the European Union, commander of U.S. forces in the European Union General Philip Breedlove. "There was a lull, but at the same time continued supply, training and concentration of forces on the East line of the conflict," said Breedlove, quoted by TASS. He also said that the Alliance is considering increasing the number of military exercises in the Baltic region." There will be some changes in our program exercises. The first of them will not lead to the increase in population, but will group them together to better prepare our forces and to enable States to work within the framework of NATO, " said the General.- However, we are considering the possibility of increasing the number of parts of the exercise. First on Tuesday, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO has strengthened its presence in the East: the Alliance sends to the area of Eastern Europe more ships, aircraft and troops. Last week, the White house official authorized Josh Ernest called "cessation of military aid to separatists" one of the main actions among those that Washington wants to watch from the capital of Russia. Before the Commissioner of the General staff of the military might of Ukraine Oleksandr Rasmusson said that in the Donbass against the Ukrainian security forces are fighting 32, 4 thousand People, of which 6-10 thousand - military the military power of Russia. Moscow has repeatedly said about the fact that the Russian military is not on the East of Ukraine and the Russian side is not involved in the domestic conflict. The chief of the General staff of Russian armed forces, army General Valery Gerasimov had previously stated that Western countries, claiming as if the participation of Russian troops in the events in Ukraine, presented as irrefutable confirmation primitive graphics forgery.