The U.S. is concerned about the possible deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea, said the head of the joint Committee of chiefs of staff of the military power of the US General Martin Dempsey. "I'm very concerned," said Dempsey at the hearings in the house of commissioners of the U.S. Congress, responding to the question, Congressman, you know, the U.S. military about the possible deployment of nuclear weapons in the Crimea, RIA " Novosti." There are things that makes the Russian Federation and which look really provocative, " said Dempsey. According to his statement, " will be political, diplomatic and, perhaps, military implications in How We Express our position, we plan, we work with our colleagues to respond to these provocations." On Tuesday, the source reported that in the area of the Crimea in the process of sudden check of combat readiness of the military power of Russia will be deployed strategic bombers Tu-22M3. Fifteen of March on the TV channel "Russia-1" released a documentary film by Andrei Kondrashov " Crimea. The path to the Homeland " in which the Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the events leading to the return of the Crimea to Russia. Putin said that During the events of "spring" Russia could lead to the combat readiness of nuclear forces." We Were ready to do it. I talked with colleagues and declared to them, because it (the Crimea) our historic district, there are Russian citizens, they were in danger, We can't leave them ", - said the head of the country. The Manager said that he'd do the same As During the events of " spring ", if they are repeated. He also revealed about the salvation of the ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych met with Sergei Aksyonov, who headed the Crimea, as well as the U.S. role in the coup in Ukraine. Eleven March, the Director of the Department of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the issues of nonproliferation and observation arms Mikhail Ulyanov said that the Crimea was part of Russia, and the deployment of nuclear weapons in principle could be ". As first reported by the print edition GLANCE referring to specialists, such statements are made in order to emphasize the identity of the Crimea to Russia. It was noted that from a technical point of view the problem can be solved, but the international implications of this are unpredictable. At the end of February, the allied commander of NATO in the European Union Philip Breedlove said that the annexation of Crimea to Russia greatly changed the balance of forces in the Black sea for NATO, and Russian weapons threaten the presence of the courts of the Commonwealth in the region. February 19, Plenipotentiary representative of the President in the Crimean Federal district Oleg Belaventsev called the Crimean Peninsula " impregnable fortress "." There was unprecedented decision to strengthen the defense of the Peninsula. Now the Crimea impregnable fortress, " said the Belaventsev. In September of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the forces in the Crimea sequentially formed.
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