Shoigu: NATO uses crisis in Ukraine to build up combat capabilities in Europe

The North Atlantic Alliance is using the Ukrainian crisis as a pretext for building up its groups in Eastern and Central Europe, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday, Report informs via TASS.

"NATO is using the Ukrainian crisis as a pretext for building up its groups. Another stage of the alliance's expansion has been launched. Military infrastructure is being modernized in Eastern and Central Europe, strike weapons are being deployed, and the scale and intensity of joint exercises are increasing," Shoigu said at a meeting of the CSTO defense ministers.