MOSCOW’S WARNING: Russia threatens West with WAR if NATO sets up Black Sea military group

Thursday, December 15, 2016
By Paul Martin

RUSSIA has threatened to take action against NATO if the military alliance establishes a battle group on its doorstep in the Black Sea.

By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Thu, Dec 15, 2016

A senior Kremlin official branded the 28-member bloc “confrontational” and said it was militarising the border with Russia, promising tough action in response.

Tensions between Russia and the alliance have risen, particularly since the Ukraine crisis and the 2014 annexation of Crimea – a peninsula in the south of Ukraine that juts into the Black Sea.

Andrei Kelin, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s european cooperation department, said: “The bolstering of NATO military infrastructure near Russia’s borders will continue and we will respond to it appropriately.”

He added: “If we look at the process of the Alliance bolstering its military infrastructure and strengthening of military presence at its eastern flank, it is clear that all these measures directly affect our national security and it will be natural for us to take them into consideration during our defence planning.”

The Black Sea separates Russia’s south-west corner and NATO members Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey.

Russia considers the Black Sea a vital training ground for its naval fleet and following the annexation of Crimea thousands of troops, warships and missile defence systems were deployed to the area.

Russia also has its own Black Sea Fleet based at Sevastopol.

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