The Russian Embassy announced the provocative nature of the exercises of the US Armed Forces in Estonia

“We paid attention to the messages, incl.

in the Washington Times with anti-Russian attacks, and information support in the American press of the US Armed Forces maneuvers in Estonia from September 1 to September 10 ... Why is this demonstrative saber-rattling? ... Who is actually stirring up tension in Europe? "

- said in a statement of the diplomatic mission on Facebook.

They recalled that Russia has repeatedly offered the United States and its allies to withdraw the zones of military exercises from the Russia-NATO "line of contact".

The decision to hold exercises 110 kilometers from the Russian borders can be regarded as a provocation and extremely dangerous actions, the embassy noted.

"Rhetorical question: how would the Americans react in the event of such shooting by our military near the US borders?"

- asked about the Russian diplomatic mission.

Earlier, the head of the Pentagon, Mark Esper, said that the United States intends to increase the grouping of troops in Eastern Europe and move American army units "closer to the borders of Russia in order to contain it."

Andrei Frolov, an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, emphasized in a commentary to RT that the Pentagon is stepping up its strategic aviation in Europe to demonstrate its determination to its Eastern European NATO allies.