{"id":22025,"date":"2020-06-01T18:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/01\/russian-general-decries-provocative-nato-drills-near-its-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:54:46","slug":"russian-general-decries-provocative-nato-drills-near-its-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/06\/01\/russian-general-decries-provocative-nato-drills-near-its-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian general decries \u2018provocative\u2019 NATO drills near its border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 The Russian military on Monday accused the U.S. and its NATO allies of conducting \u201cprovocative\u201d military drills near the nation\u2019s borders, a statement that reflected simmering Russia-NATO tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff said Russia has sent a formal letter to NATO proposing to scale down each other\u2019s military activities for the period of the coronavirus outbreak, but the alliance has stonewalled the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudskoi particularly mentioned recent NATO maneuvers in the Barents Sea, charging that they emulated strikes on Russian territory and the intercept of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. Rudskoi said the drills were the first of the kind by NATO since the Cold War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudskoi also pointed at an increased number of flights by U.S. nuclear-capable strategic bombers near Russia\u2019s frontiers last month. He said American B-1B strategic bombers last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/05\/29\/b-1bs-complete-bomber-task-force-mission-with-ukrainian-turkish-aircraft-for-the-first-time\/\" target=_blank>flew over Ukraine<\/a> for the first time ever, prompting Russia to scramble fighter jets and put air defense forces on alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relations between Russia and the West have sunk to post-Cold War lows after the 2014 Russian annexation of Ukraine\u2019s Crimean Peninsula and Moscow\u2019s support for a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow has repeatedly voiced concern over the deployment of NATO forces near Russian borders, describing it as a threat to its security. Russia and the alliance also have blamed each other for conducting destabilizing military exercises near the borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/08\/27\/russia-the-victim-opposite-natos-eastern-flank-its-an-expansionist-west-causing-anxiety\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/12_special_russia.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia, the victim? Opposite NATO\u2019s eastern flank, it\u2019s an expansionist West causing anxiety<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia is not entirely pleased with the state of affairs of the past two years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S,. and its allies are continuing to destroy Europe\u2019s security system under the guise of a perceived &#8216;Russian aggression,\u2019 \u201d Rudskoi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that despite NATO&#8217;s refusal to agree on reduction of military activities, Russia has decided not to conduct any big drills near the borders with NATO members this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. and its NATO allies have repeatedly said that Russian fighter jets have performed unsafe maneuvers while shadowing their planes \u2014 accusations that the Russian military has rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest such incident last week, the U.S. military complained that Russian Su-35 fighter jets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/2020\/04\/15\/russian-jet-buzzes-navy-p-8-poseidon-within-25-feet-intercept-lasts-42-minutes\/\" target=_blank>flew dangerously close<\/a> to a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon intelligence plane over the eastern Mediterranean, restricting its ability to maneuver safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudskoi charged that increasingly U.S. intelligence flights near Russian bases in Syria are violating previous agreements between Moscow and Washington on avoiding midair incidents. He said Moscow is open for talks to negotiate minimal distances and rules of communications during encounters of naval ships and military aircraft belonging to Russia and the alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Col.-Gen. 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