At a press conference following the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, the minister noted that it was surprising to see how Finland and Sweden instantly changed their neutrality to join NATO.
“We have already made organizational decisions, the Moscow Military District and the Leningrad Military District have been created.
Additional weapons will be deployed there that will be adequate to the challenges that may arise on the territory of Finland and Sweden,” Lavrov said.
All the long decades of good neighborliness with these countries have gone to waste, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry complained.
On February 26, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that recreated the Moscow and Leningrad military districts and also established their composition.
The head of state, in his message to the Federal Assembly, announced plans to seriously strengthen the Russian Armed Forces in the western direction in connection with the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that 18 military units will be reorganized in the Central Military District in 2024.