MOSCOW: Russia’s defence minister on Wednesday rebuked Nato for bolstering its military presence in eastern Europe and vowed Moscow will take countermeasures.
“The US and other Nato members continue to build their military potential, first and foremost in countries neighbouring Russia,” defence minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
“Such actions by our Western colleagues will undermine Europe’s stability and force us to take countermeasures, first of all, in the western strategic direction.”
Shoigu said that “more than 2,000 units of new and modernised equipment” would be deployed in Russia’s western military district this year.
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Source: The News International
