United States is seeking sound military edge and triggering arms race, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during his address at the opening of the active phase of the Ocean-2024 drills.
“With their aggressive moves US seeks to achieve sound military edge thus ruin the security architecture and balance of power in Asia-Pacific. By fact, US is spurring arms race ignoring the security of their European and Asian allies”, Putin said.
The United States is trying to maintain its dominance in the world at any cost, using Ukraine in order to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, Putin added.
"We see that the United States is trying to maintain its global military and political dominance at any cost. With this purpose, by using Ukraine, it seeks to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia," Putin said during his address at the opening of the active phase of the Ocean-2024 drills.
Washington openly declares plans to deploy medium-range and short-range missiles, including in the Asia-Pacific region, Putin added.
“Under the pretext of countering the allegedly existing Russian threat and deterring China, the United States and its satellites are increasing their military presence near Russia’s western borders — in the Arctic and in the Asia-Pacific region,” Putin said.
Washington seeks to achieve tangible military advantage and provokes an arms race, Putin concluded adding that White House openly mulls deployment of short and medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific.
Russia's Large Scale Naval Drills
Russia is conducting such a large scale naval exercise as the Ocean-2024 drills for the first time in several decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
"This is the first time in three decades that we have conducted such a large-scale exercise at sea," Putin said during his address at the opening of the active phase of the Ocean-2024 drills.
Representatives of 15 countries are involved as observers in the Ocean-2024 exercises, the president said, adding that China's armed forces are involved in the drills.
Participants will practice the integrated use of high-precision weapons, as well as other modern and advanced weapons, the president said.
Bolstering Russia’s Defenses
Russia will continue to strengthen the navy and all types of troops and increase their capabilities, Putin added.
"We will continue to strengthen our navy, including its strategic nuclear component, systematically and comprehensively develop all types and types of troops, increase strike capabilities, improve the training of ship crews, coastal and aviation units, taking into account real combat experience, and do everything necessary to reliably protect Russia and our citizens," Putin said in an address to the Ocean-2024 command and staff drills.
Russia must be prepared for any development of events, and its armed forces must be ready to repel any possible military aggression in any direction, Putin said.