US Has Created 400,000 Troop-Strong Force in Asia-Pacific, Russian Military Intelligence Warns
09:33 GMT 23.06.2021(updated 10:46 GMT 23.06.2021) Get short URL
by Ilya Tsukanov
The Biden administration dramatically increased so-called "freedom of navigation" operations in the East and South China Seas, and on the diplomatic front has worked to create a major new alliance to "contain" China. Beijing has blasted these efforts, accusing the US of trying to create global chaos.
The United States has created a 400,000 troop-strong military force in the Asia-Pacific region, Igor Kostyukov, chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU), the Russian military intelligence agency, has indicated.
Speaking at a conference on international security in Moscow on Wednesday, Kostyukov accused Washington of demonstrating that it's not ready to engage other countries in dialogue on the principle of equality, and suggested that US actions, including efforts to pull India into a new NATO-style Asia-Pacific alliance, indicate its attempt to dominate the region and counter Russia and China.
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