Blinken promised that the United States will maintain a presence in the Baltic Sea region

"The United States will also remain active in the exercise and maintain a presence in the Baltic Sea region," RIA Novosti quoted Blinken as saying.

On March 8, destroyers of the US Navy with guided missile weapons entered the Baltic Sea, then the forces and means of the Russian Baltic Fleet began to monitor the actions of the destroyers.

As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted, by the end of the year 12 new military units and divisions will be created in the west of Russia.

This decision was made at a time when the intensity of US strategic aviation flights in Europe has increased 15 times, and the visits of American ships to the Baltic Sea have become systematic.