Britain has sent its biggest warship for planned NATO war games in the Baltic near the Russian shores.
Press TV: Britain is ramping up its military rhetoric, sending its biggest warship for NATO drills in the Baltic, right off the Russian coast, in this latest show of force. The drills kick off on June 5 and will last for two weeks, RT reported.
The helicopter carrier ‘HMS Ocean’ is expected to reach Russia’s city of Kaliningrad sometime this week, carrying aboard about 80 Royal Marines who are to join other NATO troops in Poland.
Named 'Baltops 15,' the war games’ objective remains, as before, to test battle-readiness and in so doing continue to voice disapproval over the situation in Ukraine. The Baltic nations believe Russia poses a military threat to Europe and are using its alleged actions in Ukraine as a pretext to show off their own military prowess and push for increased NATO presence in the region, the report adds.
Now Dmitry Babich, chief editor of Russia Profile Magazine says, “The West says that Russia may attack Poland or Estonia and other Baltic countries, but this is complete nonsense.”
“Russia never has such plans and the Western countries know this well but they use the same strategy that they used with Iraq and with Libya and probably North Korea. And they accuse the country that they want to attack of being an oppressor,” Babich said on Monday.
The international fleet of vessels to take part in the games will include close to 50 warships and submarines, some of which will assemble as close as 50 miles to the Russian border, in the Gulf of Gdansk.
Some other weapons featured in the games will be American B-52 nuclear bombers, which have stood for decades more as a symbol of Cold War readiness than anything else.
The Brits, together with the Americans and others will carry out an amphibious landing near the western Polish town of Ustka – the display is set to be the centerpiece of the games. The forces will storm a beach from ‘HMS Ocean,’ under cover of Apache helicopter fire.
The US and other Western governments accuse Moscow of having a hand in the crisis in eastern Ukraine. However, the Kremlin has repeatedly denied the accusation.
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The helicopter carrier ‘HMS Ocean’ is expected to reach Russia’s city of Kaliningrad sometime this week, carrying aboard about 80 Royal Marines who are to join other NATO troops in Poland.
Named 'Baltops 15,' the war games’ objective remains, as before, to test battle-readiness and in so doing continue to voice disapproval over the situation in Ukraine. The Baltic nations believe Russia poses a military threat to Europe and are using its alleged actions in Ukraine as a pretext to show off their own military prowess and push for increased NATO presence in the region, the report adds.
Now Dmitry Babich, chief editor of Russia Profile Magazine says, “The West says that Russia may attack Poland or Estonia and other Baltic countries, but this is complete nonsense.”
“Russia never has such plans and the Western countries know this well but they use the same strategy that they used with Iraq and with Libya and probably North Korea. And they accuse the country that they want to attack of being an oppressor,” Babich said on Monday.
The international fleet of vessels to take part in the games will include close to 50 warships and submarines, some of which will assemble as close as 50 miles to the Russian border, in the Gulf of Gdansk.
Some other weapons featured in the games will be American B-52 nuclear bombers, which have stood for decades more as a symbol of Cold War readiness than anything else.
The Brits, together with the Americans and others will carry out an amphibious landing near the western Polish town of Ustka – the display is set to be the centerpiece of the games. The forces will storm a beach from ‘HMS Ocean,’ under cover of Apache helicopter fire.
The US and other Western governments accuse Moscow of having a hand in the crisis in eastern Ukraine. However, the Kremlin has repeatedly denied the accusation.
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