Several hundred British soldiers and military equipment in the early summer will be deployed to Eastern Europe, e.g. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, to participate in the General Doctrines of NATO and partner countries, informs the Ministry of defense of great Britain.
"at the beginning of summer English military will be sent to Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries to participate in a series of military exercises. Collective teachings with the name " Alliance shield ", which will be held in four stages, will gather thousands of soldiers of NATO member States and partner countries for developing joint operations and will demonstrate the commitment of the North Atlantic Commonwealth to collective defence, "- said in the appeal of the defense Ministry, RIA " Novosti ". Just would be comprised of Several thousand soldiers and dozens of pieces of different mechanisms, emphasizes the Ministry. Doctrines will pass in four stages, two of them will start with 5 and 8 June.
Britain will take part in 2 of the 4 stages - Baltic multinational operations and operations with the name " Strike of the sword "." Baltic multinational Operation ", will be chaired by the USA in the Baltic, and among them off the coast of Poland. It will start on 5 June. It will involve 4, 5 thousand soldiers, 47 ships, 49 flight gear units from 17 States, as well as among them from the UK, informs the Ministry of defence of the Kingdom. Operation " Strike of the sword ", also under the leadership of the USA, will be held from June 8 in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. It will employ 3 thousand People, among them 170 British soldiers, stressed the Ministry. First in the Frontier service of FSB of Russia said that Russia's borders increased the activity of NATO member States, for example, in the Baltic direction. In January, foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the assurances of the North Atlantic Commonwealth about non-expansion to the East have remained empty words, and at the same time the infrastructure of NATO has moved closer to Russia's borders. The Minister also said that NATO's transition to confrontational rhetoric and increase of its military presence close to Russian borders demonstrate the inability of the Commonwealth to cross the stereotypes of the cold war. At the same time Deputy Minister of defense of Russia Anatoly Antonov said that in connection with crisis in Ukraine all the positive in relations with the Alliance collapsed, NATO has taken the course of confrontation. For his part, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg said that in the near future the number of exercises and patrols on the Eastern borders of NATO will increase. Prior to that, Stoltenberg said that the increased NATO presence in Eastern Europe due to "Russian aggression" in Ukraine. While NATO Secretary General said that the Alliance supports punishment against capital of Russia, but remains open to the exchange of political opinions.

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