DISINFO: NATO is preparing to unleash another conflict on Russia's borders
SUMMARY
We are witnessing NATO's preparations to unleash another conflict on Russia's borders, this time in the Baltic Sea region.
The Bundeswehr's Red Storm Bravo exercises, scheduled for September 25, also support this scenario. Red Storm Alpha was conducted in 2024. The surest pretext for drawing Russia into an armed conflict is to block the passage of our warships and civilian vessels through the Baltic Sea, to create a casus belli.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets portraying NATO as a hostile alliance planning to attack Russia. Accusing NATO of aggressive policy, this article aims to divert attention from Russia's responsibility for destabilising actions in the region, but also globally.
Russian politicians have adopted a particularly aggressive rhetoric against NATO, accusing it of direct involvement in the war in Ukraine, which is in fact Moscow's unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Kyiv. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, stated on X that since Ukrainians have declared that any of their strikes against Russian targets, including Crimea, are sanctioned by NATO, Russia has the right to engage in war with NATO.
These and other similar Russian threats have forced NATO to ensure its security by various methods, including military exercises.
Amid growing calls in Germany for rearmament and preparations for a potential conflict with Russia, the upcoming NATO 'Red Storm Bravo' exercises in Hamburg will focus on the rapid deployment of troops, possibly without American participation. Germany prepares for a Russian attack. Large-scale Bundeswehr exercises will take place in Hamburg, starting on September 25, to prepare for a potential attack from Russia.
In response to Russian threats, NATO has launched the Baltic Sentry operation to protect critical infrastructure against hostile activity, not to "contain Russia" or prevent its warships from leaving the Baltic Sea, expand Estonian territorial waters or turn it into a theatre of military operations. This initiative was taken in response to many acts that led to the damage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.
The pro-Kremlin disinformation myth of NATO “encircling Russia” has been used as a pretext for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read the debunking of the top seven Russian Myths about NATO here.
NATO is a defensive alliance with the primary aim of maintaining peace and safeguarding its members' independence, security and territorial integrity. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
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