MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The bolstering of the US military presence in Europe near the Russian borders are an attempt by the outgoing US administration to complicate Moscow-Washington relations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.
“We noticed the deployment in the Baltics of servicemen of US special forces … It is evident that the aim of these attempts, as in the case with haste deployment of US heavy equipment to Europe, is an attempt of the [President Barack] Obama’s administration to maximally complicate the situation in bilateral relations,” Zakharova told a briefing.
According to the spokeswoman, Russia views such deployment as a provocation.
“Of course, we will be forced to continue to take into account US military preparations against Russia, including in the Baltics, in our defense planning,” she added.
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