{"id":60401,"date":"2021-05-14T10:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/14\/russian-admiral-frets-over-us-military-presence-provocative-nato-drills\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:04:18","slug":"russian-admiral-frets-over-us-military-presence-provocative-nato-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/05\/14\/russian-admiral-frets-over-us-military-presence-provocative-nato-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian admiral frets over US military presence,  \u2018provocative\u2019 NATO drills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEVEROMORSK, Russia \u2014 A top Russian admiral complained Thursday about increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/04\/29\/us-army-led-nato-military-exercises-launched-in-albania\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. military presence <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/05\/05\/army-fires-are-at-the-center-of-a-major-nato-exercise-as-russia-watches\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO military activities<\/a> near the country\u2019s borders, describing them as a threat to regional security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adm. Alexander Moiseyev, the commander of Russia\u2019s Northern Fleet, said that NATO navy ships\u2019 presence in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea have reached levels unseen since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters onboard the Northern Fleet\u2019s flagship, the Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) missile cruiser, at its Arctic base of Severomorsk, Moiseyev charged that NATO drills have edged closer to Russian borders, and noted increasingly frequent flights by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/30\/us-says-russian-military-conducted-unsafe-intercept-of-b-52-over-black-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. nuclear-capable strategic bombers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/05\/05\/army-fires-are-at-the-center-of-a-major-nato-exercise-as-russia-watches\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/41st-FAB-fire-missile-estonia.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\">Army fires are at the center of a major NATO exercise \u2014 as Russia watches<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Army rockets will be an essential element of Defender Europe 2021, a months-long series of NATO military exercises across Europe and Africa.<\/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\">\u201cSuch actions are provocative and have a negative impact on regional security,\u201d Moiseyev said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He voiced particular concern about the U.S. military assets on the territory of NATO ally Norway that borders Russia, charging that it has led to an \u201cincrease of the conflict potential in the Arctic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133596693730.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133596693730.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133596693730.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133596693730.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133596693730.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21133596693730.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adm. Alexander Moiseyev, the commander of Russia&#8217;s Northern Fleet speaks to journalists on the board of the Northern Fleet&#8217;s flagship, the Pyotr Veilikiy (Peter the Great) missile cruiser at Arctic base of Severomorsk, Russia, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Alexander Zemlianichenko\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ties between Russia and the West have plummeted 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/10\/romanian-leader-tells-biden-more-nato-troops-needed-in-east\/\" target=\"_blank\">the deployment of NATO forces<\/a> near Russian borders. 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\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/04\/22\/putin-vows-a-quick-and-tough-russian-response-for-its-foes\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21111464457516.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\">Putin vows a \u2018quick and tough\u2019 Russian response for its foes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The warning during Putin&#039;s annual state-of-the-nation address came amid a massive Russian military buildup near Ukraine.<\/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\">Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/04\/22\/russia-orders-troop-pullback-but-keeps-weapons-near-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">a massive build-up of Russian troops<\/a> alongside the Ukrainian border fueled concerns in Ukraine and the West. The Kremlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/04\/27\/russian-defense-chief-scoffs-at-western-warnings-on-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">rejected Western worries<\/a>, charging that the troops don\u2019t threaten anyone, but it also warned Ukrainian authorities against trying to use force to reclaim control of the rebel east.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adm. 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