Conducting exercises of the Naval Forces of Ukraine and military ships of the North Atlantic Alliance in Azov is not possible. For this you need the consent of the Russian Federation, but our country will never give it. This was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "Now Ukraine wants to call NATO exercises into the Sea of ??Azov, but it will not be possible to go there, because our agreement with Ukraine requires mutual consent for the passage of warships into the Sea of ??Azov. But they want it, and they are actively indulged in this, "the diplomat said in an interview with French media, the text of which is posted on the official website of the Foreign Ministry. Despite repeated warnings about the inadmissibility of building up forces along the Russian borders, NATO continues to accumulate weapons..

This is done under the pretext that our country is supposedly preparing to attack one of the European countries.. Smolensk Square claims that such an escalation of tension will not lead to anything good.. "There is a mood to modernize the transport infrastructure in Europe so that American heavy weapons, and, probably, weapons of other NATO countries, it would be easier to choose our borders, frankly provocative exercises, not ours with China in Siberia, but in Ukraine, Georgia and in the Black Sea ", - said Lavrov. Earlier it was reported that the authorities of European countries are going to invest huge sums in expanding the road and rail network on the approaches to Russia, so that in the event of an armed conflict, personnel and military equipment could be quickly transferred from their locations to the theater of operations.. Ukraine participates in a number of joint military exercises with the United States and NATO countries.. Currently, there are international maneuvers "Clear Sky - 2018" in the country, in which eight countries - members of the alliance take part. In addition, from 9 to 12 October, exercises of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took place in the Sea of ??Azov. The servicemen practiced repelling an attack of an enemy landing in the Sea of ??Azov. Crimean politicians warned Kiev against possible provocations, and also called the teachings "war game".

In mid-September, the Ukrainian authorities announced plans to create a naval base on the Azov Sea by the end of the year to "repel aggressive actions of Russia". The situation on the Azov aggravated after the commissioning of the Crimean bridge. Kiev fears that Moscow will block access to the Sea of ??Azov for Ukrainian ships. In this regard, the border guards of both countries several times detained and arrested the vessels belonging to each other in the Azov water area..