| Title: | Kremlin Attempts to Erase Decades of Russia’s Military Expansion in Europe |
| URL: | https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-kremlin-attempts-to-erase-decades-of-russia-s-military-expansion-in-europe/7181273.html |
| Publisher: | POLYGRAPH.info |
| Date published: | July 14, 2023 |
| Date updated: | July 14, 2023 |
| Description: | “On July 11, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s proposal to establish permanent military NATO bases near the Russian border, claiming that Russia never moved its military infrastructure westward. That is false. Below is a brief catalog of Russian military progress in Europe.” |
| Excerpt: | On July 11, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s proposal to establish permanent military NATO bases near the Russian border, claiming that Russia never moved its military infrastructure westward: “It seems that the Europeans do not understand this mistake, here, it is very important to be aware that the Russian military infrastructure has never moved toward Western Europe, there has always been a movement in the opposite direction.” That is false. Over the last two decades, Russia has built dozens of new military bases and reactivated Soviet army installations along its borders with Western Europe. In 2014, Russia began a clandestine military operation in eastern Ukraine and in 2022 launched a neocolonial war against Ukraine, attempting to expand Moscow’s military westward. In 2023, Russia began deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders three NATO countries — Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Below is a brief catalog of Russian military progress in Europe. |
| Title: | Kremlin Attempts to Erase Decades of Russia’s Military Expansion in Europe |
| URL: | https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-kremlin-attempts-to-erase-decades-of-russia-s-military-expansion-in-europe/7181273.html |
| Publisher: | POLYGRAPH.info |
| Date published: | July 14, 2023 |
| Date updated: | July 14, 2023 |
| Description: | “On July 11, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s proposal to establish permanent military NATO bases near the Russian border, claiming that Russia never moved its military infrastructure westward. That is false. Below is a brief catalog of Russian military progress in Europe.” |
| Excerpt: | On July 11, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s proposal to establish permanent military NATO bases near the Russian border, claiming that Russia never moved its military infrastructure westward: “It seems that the Europeans do not understand this mistake, here, it is very important to be aware that the Russian military infrastructure has never moved toward Western Europe, there has always been a movement in the opposite direction.” That is false. Over the last two decades, Russia has built dozens of new military bases and reactivated Soviet army installations along its borders with Western Europe. In 2014, Russia began a clandestine military operation in eastern Ukraine and in 2022 launched a neocolonial war against Ukraine, attempting to expand Moscow’s military westward. In 2023, Russia began deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders three NATO countries — Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Below is a brief catalog of Russian military progress in Europe. |
