Reconnaissance aircraft of NATO countries in 2 times increased the number of flights compared with 2013, while their routes to the maximum close to the Western borders of Russia, said the head of the Main operations Directorate of the Russian General staff Andrey Kartapolov. "The intensity of flights of aircraft reconnaissance aircraft of NATO countries has increased in comparison with 2013 year 2 times and amounted to 750 sorties, and aircraft distant radar detection - nine times, to 182 departures a year," kartapolov said on Thursday the fourth of the capital conference on international security. according to his statement, now these flights are carried out in practice every day, and their routes to the maximum close to the Western borders of Russia. He also said that now within the countries of Eastern Europe " is continuous rotational presence of up to 30 combat aircraft and about 300 armored vehicles and more than 1, 5 thousand soldiers of the army and marine corps ". "in the Black sea in practice incessantly are warships of the U.S. Navy carriers the Maritime element of missile defense and missile with wings "Tomahawk" (different pronunciation of "Tomahawk" - ed.), as well as warships nachimovsky the Commonwealth, " He added. Kartapolov said that with the beginning of the Ukrainian fall of NATO's activities became distinctly anti-Russian character, "Under the slogan of combating" the expansion of Russia "the Commonwealth continues to consistently increase its military presence near our borders," He said.