Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Western countries on Wednesday, saying threats to Russia’s borders demanded “a prompt and adequate response”. Among these threats are mentioned the support for Ukraine and the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO.
Threats from Western countries to Russia’s borders “require a rapid and adequate response”, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday, citing support for Ukraine or the accession of Stockholm and Helsinki among them. to NATO. During a meeting in front of senior army officials, Sergei Shoigu detailed at length the “threats to military security” from Russia, which he said “have multiplied in the western and northwestern directions. ” these last years.
Further discussions on “necessary measures”
“These threats (…) require a rapid and adequate response. We will discuss the necessary measures to neutralize them during the meeting and will take the appropriate decisions”, he continued in this speech. Among the threats mentioned by Sergei Shoigu, the first is the “indirect war” waged by the West against Russia, “by providing unprecedented support to the puppet regime in Kiev”.
“The willingness of the West to invest a significant part of its resources in Ukraine to turn the situation around on the battlefield creates serious risks of escalation of the conflict”, continued Sergei Shoigu about the Russian offensive launched in February 2022.
Finland and Sweden in NATO, “a serious destabilizing factor”
Sergei Shoigu, a follower of Vladimir Putin, also mentioned Finland’s membership and that of Sweden to come to NATO, believing that they constituted “a serious factor of destabilization”, in particular by doubling the length of the land border between the Atlantic Alliance and Russia.
The last risk mentioned by the Russian Minister of Defense is “the militarization of Poland, which has become the main instrument of the anti-Russian policy of the United States”, while Warsaw has signed important arms contracts in recent months with Seoul and Washington. Sergei Shoigu also accused Poland of wanting to recover territories in western Ukraine, a recurring but unsubstantiated assertion by the Russian authorities.