Russia to build up forces in west to counter Nato threat, says defence minister | Ukraine war
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Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland's accession to the US-led Nato alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of the ministry on Wednesday.
In opening remarks to the Collegium of the Defence Ministry, Shoigu said Nato member Poland had already announced plans to strengthen its military, and that he expected significant Nato forces and weaponry to be deployed in Finland, whose inclusion has almost doubled the length of Russia's land border with Nato.
Shoigu called the entry of Finland into Nato and the future entry of Sweden "a serious destabilising factor”. The two Nordic states abandoned generations of neutrality that had held throughout the Cold War to seek Nato membership following the start of Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine early last year.
He said Poland had announced its intention to build the most powerful army on the continent, and had become "the main instrument of the anti-Russian policy of the United States of America”.
Shoigu said the number of Nato military units from outside the region stationed in eastern Europe had increased by two-and-a-half times since February last year and that they were now 30,000-strong in total.
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In opening remarks to the Collegium of the Defence Ministry, Shoigu said Nato member Poland had already announced plans to strengthen its military, and that he expected significant Nato forces and weaponry to be deployed in Finland, whose inclusion has almost doubled the length of Russia's land border with Nato.
Shoigu called the entry of Finland into Nato and the future entry of Sweden "a serious destabilising factor”. The two Nordic states abandoned generations of neutrality that had held throughout the Cold War to seek Nato membership following the start of Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine early last year.
He said Poland had announced its intention to build the most powerful army on the continent, and had become "the main instrument of the anti-Russian policy of the United States of America”.
Shoigu said the number of Nato military units from outside the region stationed in eastern Europe had increased by two-and-a-half times since February last year and that they were now 30,000-strong in total.
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