Russian President Vladimir Putin: NATO exercises in the Black Sea pose a challenge for Russia 
NATO statements that Russia is Ukraine are alarmist. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the presenter “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin “to Pavel Zarubin, interviewed by the Kremlin press service.
Now the United States and its NATO allies are conducting unplanned exercises in the Black Sea, Putin said. “Moreover, not only a rather powerful ship group has been formed, but aviation, including strategic aviation, is also being used in the course of these exercises,” he said. According to Putin, this poses a challenge for the country, but Russia will not escalate the situation.
Earlier, Bloomberg, citing sources, reported the fears of American officials that Moscow could allegedly consider the possibility of a “military operation “. At the same time, the United States did not transfer any information or data on the basis of which such conclusions were made to the European Union.
The Kremlin called the statements about Russia's plans to invade Ukraine empty and unfounded.