The media learned of US plans to send to the Eastern Europe heavy weapons – RBC

M1 Abrams Tank US Army during exercise in Poland. Archive photos.

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We are talking about the possible deployment of tanks, armored personnel carriers and other military equipment in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe . This publication reported informed sources in the leadership of the US and NATO countries pertnerov.

The US government plan to provide heavy weapons the US military contingent is located in member countries of NATO, which had previously been under the influence of the Soviet Union.

According to the interlocutors NYT, a proposal is now being discussed in US ruling circles. The goal of the Pentagon – “deterrence of possible aggression of Russia in Europe,” the newspaper said.

The decision should receive the support of the Minister of Defense Ashton Carter and the White House. If the decision is made, it will be the most significant military steps the United States since the “cold war”, the author of the material.

Last Friday, CNN, citing sources in the US administration, as well as diplomats from the countries of the euro zone , gave the details of new sanctions against Russia, which the EU and the United States can take in case of escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.

According to the interlocutors of the channel, the final decision to tighten sanctions have not yet been adopted, and the question of additional sanctions began to be discussed because of the renewed fighting near Donetsk. This clashes security forces and militias have ended even before the Western countries decided to act, they explained.

Restrictive measures can relate to both separate legal entities and individuals, and entire sectors of the Russian economy. Among the industries that plan to raise the channel calls finance, energy and defense.

The reason for the introduction of additional sanctions against Russia will be a “case,” said White House spokesman. “You’ll know when it will happen,” – he said, adding that it could be a “serious attack anywhere along the line of contact” Ukrainian soldiers and militias.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement that United States not only did not take any real effort to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, but, in fact, pushing the Kyiv escalated. “In making allegations, the United States, unlike Russia, is not only not to take any real effort to resolve the Ukrainian crisis and prevent a humanitarian disaster in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, but, in fact, pushing the current Kiev authorities for the continuation of fratricidal internal conflict” – said in a statement that appeared on the foreign ministry website a few days after the resumption of hostilities in the Donbass.