Fear has great troops

Russia is taking adequate response measures in connection with the election of NATO’s military presence and the situation in Ukraine. This was stated by Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu at a meeting of the board of the military department, Interfax reports .

“In recent years, the military -political situation in the southwestern strategic direction has become aggravated. This is mainly due to the increase in NATO’s military presence in Eastern Europe, the situation in Ukraine and the activities of international terrorist groups, including the North Caucasus,” said Shoigu. “In these conditions, we are forced to take adequate response measures.”

"Four divisions, nine brigades and 22 regiments have been formed. Including two missile brigades equipped with Iskander -M complexes, which allowed to increase the possibilities for the fire defeat of the likely enemy," the minister said.

Shoigu also noted that the "self -sufficient group" of troops was deployed in the Crimea. More than four thousand new and modernized weapons and military equipment were delivered to the Southern Military District. “The Bastion and Ball coastal missile systems, submarines Novorossiysk and Rostov-on-Don,” Shoigu said, entered combat duty, ”Shoigu said.

“The Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla received small missile ships equipped with Caliber's sea-based winged missiles,” the minister said. “In addition, the district troops are reinforced to new combat aircraft and anti-aircraft missile systems S-300V4, S-400, Buk-M2, anti-aircraft missiles-gun complexes "Shell-s1".

On June 29, Shoigu said that strategic deterrence measures are being held to neutralize potential threats in the Western military district. "At present, about 1.2 thousand units of military equipment, including 30 combat aircraft, and there are also more than 1000 troops of the Western European countries NATO and the United States, are located on the territory of the Eastern European states on a rotational basis. Fighting ships of the US Navy and other alliance countries regularly enter the Black and Baltic Seas," the minister said.

"A special concern causes the placement of the systems about the USA in Eastern Europe. May 12, on the combat duty, the AEGIS ASHORE missile system in Romania, the launchers of which can be used to accommodate the TomaGavk cruise missiles," the minister said.

In this regard, much attention is paid to the provision of formations and military units with modern weapons, military and special equipment. According to Shoigu, this year more than 2 thousand units of new and modernized equipment will enter the district.

Shoigu also said that the Baltic Fleet was reinforced by the 11th Army Corps. "The technical re -equipment of the fleet forces is ongoing. Over the past three years, two warships, six boats of various destinies, the latest volley systems and air defense systems have been entered in the formations and military units. All this contributed to the increase in the combat potential of the Baltic Fleet," the minister said.