The department believes that this is due to the tightening of the "hegemonic policy" of the United States and its allies, which is aimed at maintaining dominance by any means, including the desire to achieve an exceptional advantage through military power, sanctions, threats, interference in regional and domestic processes.
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow region/, August 15. /tass/. The military-political situation due to the United States and its allies has acquired a tendency to complicate. This was stated by the head of the Main Directorate (GU, formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, GRU) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kostyukov.
"The military-political situation in the world has acquired a steady tendency to complications," Kostyukov said at the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.
According to him, this is due to the tightening of the "hegemonic policy" of the United States and its allies, which is aimed at maintaining dominance by any means, including the desire to achieve an exceptional advantage through military power, sanctions, threats, interference in regional and domestic processes. "As a result, the system of strategic stability in the world has been almost completely destroyed," Kostyukov stressed.
The US grouping in the Asia-Pacific region
The United States in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) deployed the largest group of 400 thousand military, about 1 thousand aircraft, 130 ships, said Kostyukov.
"In order to push through their interests in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States deployed the largest group in the region, which has 400 thousand military personnel, up to 1 thousand combat aircraft, 130 ships, including eight nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles and six aircraft carriers, which is 60% of the total number of the US Armed Forces in the advanced theater of operations (theaters of military operations - approx. TASS)," he said.
For comparison, Kostyukov added, the United States has deployed only 100 thousand military personnel in Europe.
The United States, seeking to use NATO's military and political resources in the Asia-Pacific region, is forming anti-Russian and anti-Chinese coalitions, he added. "A new trend in US regional policy has become the desire to use NATO's military and political resources in the Asia-Pacific region. With the leading role of the United States, the Alliance intends to develop cooperation with Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Japan in order to accelerate the formation of an anti-Russian and anti-Chinese coalition. Thus, the United States is trying to disrupt the regional balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, seeking to maintain global dominance, to ensure strategic superiority," Kostyukov said.
US arms supplies to the Asia-Pacific region
Washington supplies American weapons, pumping them into the Pacific region, said Kostyukov.
"The White House is consistently pumping the Pacific region with American-made weapons. The total value of the relevant contracts over the past seven years has reached $86 billion," he said.
According to Kostyukov, now more than 36% of the total arms exports from the United States are supplied to the region. At the same time, the geography of supplies is tightly tied to Washington's geopolitical priorities, including Taiwan, Australia, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Opposition to Russia and China
The United States deliberately opposes the Asia-Pacific countries to Russia and China, he believes.
"The US administration deliberately opposes the Asia-Pacific states to Russia and China. In particular, the United States, ignoring its key role in the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict and tensions around Taiwan, sets conditions for the Asia-Pacific countries: either take the side of the West, or otherwise be in the focus of American sanctions," he said.
According to Kostyukov, Washington, in order to stimulate support for its regional priorities in the Asia-Pacific states, purposefully exacerbates existing contradictions: territorial disputes, the Taiwan issue, nuclear problems of the Korean peninsula. "Americans act on the principle of "divide and rule," he added.
Interests of Russia
However, as Kostyukov stated, the Asia-Pacific region, despite conducting its own, remains in the focus of Russia's military attention.
"Despite the Russian Federation conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, the Asia-Pacific region remains in the focus of Russia's military and political attention," Kostyukov said.
According to him, this is due to the desire to develop diverse cooperation with partners and responsibility for maintaining stability in the region.
