NATO’s increased activities near the Russian borders, the Russian chief of the general staff cited NATO aircraft flights and the presence of its naval forces in the Barents, Baltic and Black Seas. The United States and other NATO countries have been conducting their military activities some 20-30 kilometers off the Russian border of late, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said on Friday September 25th. “The United States and NATO are expanding their military activities not in the Atlantic or Caribbean regions, but at a distance of some 20-30 kilometers off the Russian borders….
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