28 February 2024 , 15:26
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NATO’s "hostile rhetoric" is forcing Russia to add additional measures of security, it has been reported.
The war in Ukraine has entered its third year after the deaths of tens of thousands of hostile and friendly forces, as well as innocent bystanders. Since the outset NATO has threatened the Kremlin with possible repercussions, with Vladimir Putin implying any wrong move from NATO agents could have serious ramifications.
Now it has been reported his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, says NATO’s enlargement around Russian borders is a “hostile rhetoric”. As a result Moscow has ordered additional measures to ensure security.
It comes as Germany and Poland affirmed on Tuesday they would not be sending troops to Ukraine following reports other countries may be considering taking action. Peskov said: “In this case, we need to talk not about probability, but about the inevitability (of conflict)."
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg added: "NATO allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine. We have done that since 2014 and stepped up after the full-scale invasion. But there are no plans for NATO combat troops on the ground in Ukraine."
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Talk of war comes as the head of the hit back at critics who claim Britain's military is depleted amid fears of conflict with Russia. Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said: “We are not at the cusp of war with Russia. We are not about to be invaded. No one in the MoD is talking about conscription for everyday civilians. Britain is safe. We are safe because we are part of NATO, the world’s largest and strongest alliance and also because we are a responsible nuclear power.”
His speech to London-based think tank Chatham House followed the head of the Army General Sir Patrick Sanders declaring Britain’s “military is too small,” last month. Gen Sanders, who is Chief of the General Staff, was referring to the fact that the UK’s Army is now the smallest it has been for many years with just around 75,000 troops. It is believed the popular outgoing general is leaving his post early over disagreements on troop numbers with Royal Navy man Radakin.
In his speech on Tuesday Radakin admitted: “I am not saying Russia is not dangerous. It has demonstrated that with the aggression it employs both domestically and internationally. At the same time it is also significantly less capable than we anticipated following its disastrous illegal invasion in Ukraine . It faces an even stronger straitjacket with the introduction of Finland and Sweden into NATO.