According to Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, Deputy Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the West continues to form an "anti-Russia" from Ukraine
MOSCOW, February 14. /tass/. NATO's military assistance to Ukraine provokes Kiev to use a force scenario in the Donbas and Crimea. This was announced on Monday during a round table in the Federation Council by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov.
"Political and military support from abroad provokes Kiev to a forceful scenario of restoring control over the Donbass, and in the future over the Crimea," he said.
According to Gadzhimagomedov, the West continues to form an "anti-Russia" from Ukraine, creating a springboard for the deployment of NATO troops on its territory.
"The priority of NATO has become the promotion of its infrastructure to the borders of the Russian Federation, the deployment of advanced formations on the territory of the new members of the alliance," Hajimagomedov said.
As the representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation clarified, there are units of non-regional states of the bloc with a total number of about 10 thousand people in Eastern Europe on a permanent basis. "It has been stated that their number, including the contingent of American troops at the western borders of Russia, will increase," he said.
