"In Poland and the Baltic countries, the US forces are strengthening, the American" four to thirty "concept has been adopted and is being implemented, the intensity of aerial reconnaissance has doubled compared to last year and the intensity of naval reconnaissance has been increased by half," he said at the meeting.
Shoigu said that every year NATO in Europe conducts up to 40 major operational training events with a "clear anti-Russian orientation."
According to him, NATO exercises "Defender Europe - 2021" have become the largest in the last 30 years.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry commented on reports of Washington's plans to send warships to the Black Sea. As emphasized in the department, such events are of a purely provocative nature.