“In the Baltic States deployed American air defense radar to detect air targets. They allow us to control our airspace to a depth of 450 km, ”Shoigu said at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense.
According to him, NATO annually holds in Europe up to 40 major exercises, which have a clear anti-Russian focus.
Earlier, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces stated that the intensification of military activity and NATO exercises in the Baltic and the Black and Baltic Seas speak of preparing the alliance for a military conflict.
The Kremlin commented on this statement, pointing out that the opinion of "professionals can be the only true one."