MOSCOW, Nov 11 - RIA Novosti. Conducting unscheduled exercises near the borders of Russia is an aggressive US action that poses a threat to regional security and strategic stability, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.
According to the ministry, the Ministry of Defense "regards the military activity of the United States and its allies in the Black Sea region as a study of the alleged theater of military operations in the event of Ukraine preparing a military solution to the conflict in the southeast."
"Holding this unscheduled exercise near our borders is absolutely unprovoked by Russia aggressive actions of the United States, posing a threat to regional security and strategic stability," the ministry said.