Russia’s Foreign Ministry has hit out at a series of military exercises staged by the US and its partners in the sensitive Black Sea region, off the coasts of both Russia and Ukraine, warning of the potential risk of escalation.
Yuri Pilipson, the director of the Ministry’s Fourth European Department, told RIA Novosti on Thursday that recent NATO manoeuvres risked creating tensions. “It is quite obvious that this kind of ‘training’ provokes, rather than prevents, conflict situations,” he said.
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