Moscow is concerned about the creation of a base in Poland, which is part of the American defense system against ballistic missiles. It was officially inaugurated on Wednesday November 13, complementing a system already existing in Türkiye, Romania and Spain, reports BFMTV.
The Polish Minister of Defense, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, welcomed during a ceremony at the Redzikowo base, in the north of the country, a “ event of historic importance for the security of Poland, the United States and NATO ».
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The Redzikowo site has been operational since last July. It was integrated into the collective defense project of the Atlantic Alliance and is part of a network of radars and missile interceptors, set up by Washington fifteen years ago. The device is intended to protect against ballistic missile threats emanating from outside the Euro-Atlantic area, in particular from Iran.
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“Advancement of American infrastructure”
Russia therefore sees this as a danger to its security, despite NATO's assurances that it is in no way directed against it.
After the official inauguration of the site on Wednesday, Moscow again protested against the presence of this base 230 km away from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, strategic bastion and headquarters of the Russian fleet in the Baltic Sea.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that this is ” of an advance of American military infrastructures in Europe towards our borders ” and warned that “ this will lead to appropriate measures being taken to ensure parity “. More than 10,000 American soldiers are currently deployed in Poland, a supporting country for Ukraine.
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