NATO is preparing for new wars, and drills conducted by the alliance in Europe increase tensions in the world, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday.
“The joint drills of NATO armed forces in Europe called Steadfast Defender 2024, during which the scenario of armed confrontation with Russia is being worked out, will certainly increase tensions and destabilize the situation in the world,” Patrushev said during a meeting on security in North Caucasus.
NATO plans to increase its presence in the Arctic and Asia-Pacific, Patrushev added.
Nikolay Patrushev pointed also out that “the exercises of NATO’s armed forces in Europe codenamed Steadfast Defender 2024, during which the scenario of an armed confrontation with Russia is being worked out, undoubtedly increase tension and destabilize the situation in the world”
