Security Council of the Russian Federation: the risks of provocations from Ukraine in the Crimean direction have increased and the Black Seas have recently increased. Such an assessment was given by the Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Alexander Grebenkin, in his interview for Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
He noted that the situation on certain sections of the state border remains difficult. “It is being formed in the context of the buildup of military-political, economic and informational pressure on Russia from the United States and its allies. Recently, we are witnessing a significant increase in the military and other activity of NATO countries in the Black Sea-Azov sea basin, in the western direction and in the Arctic region, “Grebenkin said.
He also explained the continuing level of threats of provocations by an increase the number of hotbeds of military-political instability near the border area of Russia.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov accused Kiev of trying to resolve the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine by force. A Kremlin spokesman said that “hysteria” around such fears is being artificially whipped up, and noted that the Ukrainian leadership is probably trying to come to an armed solution to the situation in Donbass in this way.