As noted by the Deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff, the activity of NATO naval forces in the waters of the Black and Baltic Seas has increased significantly recently
MOSCOW, February 14. /tass/. The Armed Forces of Russia are always ready to open fire on violators of the state border if there is such a decision at the highest level. This was stated 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, answering a question about the recent invasion of Russian territorial waters by a US submarine.
"We are always ready. But the fact is that such decisions are made only at the highest level," he said.
As Gadzhimagomedov noted, the activity of NATO naval forces in the waters of the Black and Baltic Seas in the immediate vicinity of the Russian Federation has increased significantly recently.
"When I took part in the negotiations between the Russian Defense Minister and the British Defense Minister, they were just discussing the entry of the British destroyer Defender into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation. He directly stated: "we consider Crimea to be the territory of Ukraine and therefore we did not enter any territorial waters, or rather we entered the territorial waters of Ukraine. We have done so, and we will do so," the deputy head of the first directorate described the general attitude of NATO representatives on the issue of violating the borders of the Russian Federation.
