Great Britain on Thursday, February 17, began the transfer of troops and equipment to Estonia. This was reported in the British Ministry of Defense.
“The UK is doubling the number of troops in Estonia and is sending more equipment, including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Troops and equipment will begin to be transferred to Estonia today,” the message says.
In addition, the Royal Wales Battle Group, which includes armor and personnel, will leave German territory, as well as bases in the UK, to arrive in Estonia next week, and Apache helicopters will soon leave for exercises with allies in Eastern Europe, said in the British War Department.
It is also reported that four additional British Typhoon aircraft will start patrolling the skies alongside NATO allies in Eastern Europe shortly. At the same time, the British warship HMS Trent is already patrolling the eastern Mediterranean together with NATO allies (Canada, Italy, Spain and Turkey), in the coming days, the HMS Diamond ship will go to the Eastern Mediterranean, where it will join the alliance allies.
A week earlier, the Minister of National Defense of the Republic, Mariusz Blaszczak, announced the start of the transfer of military personnel from the UK. According to him, 350 British soldiers, marines will strengthen the defense of Poland and the eastern flank of NATO.
Earlier in the day, the UK government said the country would put another 1,000 troops on standby to support NATO “in the event of a humanitarian crisis” on the eastern flank.
The British government added that the military from the 45th Special Forces Battalion, who will arrive in Poland and Estonia in the near future, will help the countries of Eastern Europe cope with the consequences of any “Russian aggression”.
On February 8, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK government was considering sending military aircraft and ships to South East Europe to protect NATO allies. According to him, we are talking about Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.
The United States and a number of European countries have recently expressed concern over the alleged increase in Russia’s “aggressive actions” against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, emphasizing that it does not threaten anyone, and such statements are used as an excuse to place as much NATO military equipment as possible near the borders of the Russian Federation.
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted, Russia is not going to start a war with Ukraine, and Western countries and the United States are “hysterically” developing the topic of the Russian threat instead of forcing Ukraine to comply with the Minsk agreements.
Source: IZ
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