DISINFO: The purpose of the Sea Breeze exercise is to provoke and test Russia
SUMMARY
The purpose of the Sea Breeze exercise is to provoke Russia in the Black Sea and test its will to defend its borders.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narrative about NATO and its military exercises.
The Sea Breeze 2021 exercise held in the Black Sea has no testing or provocative intent towards Russia: it is a multinational military exercise that has been hosted in Ukraine since 1997. The exercises are co-organised by Ukraine and the United States. Its objective is to improve Ukraine's defence capabilities to meet the standards required by NATO.
To claim that Sea Breeze has provocative goals is a distortion of NATO's purposes. NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect its member states. The primary aim of the alliance is to maintain peace and safeguard the independence, security and territorial integrity of its members. NATO follows strict procedures and emphasises transparency during military training exercises, which are announced months in advance and are subject to international scrutiny.
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