The commander of the southern military district of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Galkin concerned about the activity of the United States and several European countries along the borders of the district, for example, close to Crimea, He said at a military history conference, devoted to the 70 anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war. "Using the return of the Crimea in structure of Russia as an excuse to increase military presence in the black sea region, the U.S. and several European countries have strongly increased the number of calls to the Black sea combat and intelligence of the courts," said Galkin. He said that the intensity and duration of activities in the Black sea military courts of the United States and France grew more than 4 times. In addition, since the end of 2014 over the Black sea and in the airspace of Ukraine periodically fly American strategic reconnaissance drones. So, says the Commander, the U.S. is trying to put pressure on the Russian Federation. "There is a strong trend bias subjects of troops in preparation for a failover deployment options and use of large multinational military forces in operations in the waters of the Mediterranean and Black seas, and equally in the Caucasus," said the General, noting that such actions are " openly hostile ".