Russia invited NATO to discuss lower military exercises

As the diplomat noted, we are talking about the Baltic and Black Sea regions.

Grushko emphasized that NATO “simply didn’t react at all” to the Russian proposal.

“This is completely inexplicable for us, because the alliance talks about the importance of de-escalation,” Grushko told Kommersant.

Earlier, the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Valery Gerasimov, said that increased military activity and the frequent exercises of NATO forces in the Baltic and the Black and Baltic Seas speak of the purposeful preparation of the alliance for a large-scale military conflict.