The countries of the UN Security Council should pay attention to the situation when Russia and Belarus are surrounded by a ring of instability from the west and south. This opinion was voiced on December 22 by Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the World Organization.
“In fact, Russia and Belarus are surrounded by a certain ring of instability from the west and south. This situation directly threatens our stability and security and therefore must be taken seriously by the member states of the UN Security Council when implementing their mandate in accordance with the UN Charter, ”he said at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on the“ Arria formula ”.
On December 8, the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich criticized the Ukrainian special operation “Polesie” near the border. He noted that Belarus has the right to conduct exercises in response.
On December 4, the State Border Committee of Belarus announced that Ukrainian pilots violated the border of the republic during the exercises. It was reported that the Ukrainian military helicopter Mi-8 at an altitude of about 100 m crossed the state border and flew to a depth of 1 km into the country.
A day later, the representative of the Mozyr border detachment, Sergei Pavlov, noted that in case of further violations of the border of Belarus by Ukraine, the border guards would act extremely harshly.
On December 10, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet escorted a US Poseidon P-8A reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, announced on December 9 that the US strategic aviation had increased the number of flights near Russia’s eastern borders. He noted that, in particular, the Americans are training cruise missile launches.
The day before, Russian Su-27s escorted French military aircraft Rafale and Mirage-2000 in the skies over the Black Sea.
On December 3, a civilian plane flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow was forced to change course over the Black Sea to avoid a dangerous rapprochement with an American reconnaissance aircraft. It was noted that the military plane randomly crossed the established civil aviation routes and approached the passenger Airbus.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, the actions of the US Air Force created a threat to civil aviation. She stressed that if in this case the catastrophe was averted, this does not mean that the United States and NATO can risk the lives of people with impunity.
At the end of November, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Russia is concerned about military exercises, including unplanned ones, near its borders. He recalled that bombers with precision weapons were flying 20 km from the country’s border.
On November 21, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that NATO should stop provocative activities near the Russian borders in order to find a way out of the current tense situation in relations between the Russian Federation and the West. He added that under the guise of the alliance’s exercises in the Black Sea, Ukraine is most likely seeking another attempt to start a military solution to its internal problem.
On November 13, Putin said that an unplanned US exercise in the Black Sea was a serious challenge for Russia. He said that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation had a proposal to also conduct its own unplanned exercises, but Putin considered it inappropriate.
Source: IZ
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