— All this militarisation is mainly taking place against Russia. This could, of course, be for us. the subject of deep concern “He told reporters Dmitri Doskov, as reported by Interfax. He said that the Kremlin could be forced to "take appropriate countermeasures to guarantee our safety."
— We can see that The European Union is now actively discussing EU militarisation, in peculiar the improvement of the defence segment. These are processes that we carefully monitor due to the fact that the European Union is positioning Russia as its main opponent," he added.
These comments came after Thursday all 27 leaders on extraordinary summit supported the proposal a extremist increase in defence spending EUR 800 billion (approximately 3.3 trillion) across the EU utilizing a number of fresh financial instruments.
Peskov besides said that EU plans "to transform from an economical alliance into a military alliance" could negatively affect the chances of reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
- Yeah. confrontational rhetoric and confrontational plans, which we now see in Brussels and European capitals, are evidently seriously opposed to the temper to search ways of peaceful resolution of the situation around Ukraine," said Pieskov.
The EU's proposal comes at a time erstwhile the United States appears to be withdrawing from its commitment to Europe's security. Washington suspended military aid for Ukraine Monday after last week a catastrophic gathering at the Oval Office between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenski.
