{"id":16131,"date":"2014-09-02T05:28:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T05:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/russia-to-alter-military-doctrine-towards-nato\/"},"modified":"2014-09-02T05:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T05:27:46","slug":"russia-to-alter-military-doctrine-towards-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/russia-to-alter-military-doctrine-towards-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia ‘to Alter Military Doctrine Towards Nato’"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Russia is to alter its military doctrine as a result of the Ukraine crisis and Nato’s presence in eastern Europe, a top Russian official says.}}<\/p>\n

Mikhail Popov, a Kremlin adviser, said that deteriorating relations with the US and Nato would be reflected in the updated military strategy.<\/p>\n

Nato said on Monday it would boost its presence in eastern Europe to protect its members.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian troops are battling pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine.<\/p>\n

About 2,600 people have died since fighting began in April.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s defence minister on Monday accused Russia of launching a “great war” that could claim tens of thousands of lives – claims dismissed by Russia, which denies actively supporting the rebels.<\/p>\n

{{‘Aggravating tensions’}}<\/p>\n

Mr Popov, deputy secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, told Russia’s RIA news agency that “the military infrastructure of Nato member states” was “getting closer to [Russian] borders, including via enlargement”.<\/p>\n

Nato’s actions were one of the key “external threats” to Russia, he said.<\/p>\n

“Nato’s planned action… is evidence of the desire of US and Nato leaders to continue their policy of aggravating tensions with Russia”, Mr Popov said.<\/p>\n

There were no details on how the doctrine might change.<\/p>\n

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Nato Secretary-General Rasmussen: “We must face the reality that Russia does not consider Nato a partner”<\/p>\n

Nato announced its plans on Monday for a rapid response force of several thousand troops to protect eastern European members against possible Russian aggression.<\/p>\n

The force, to be made up of troops provided by member states on a rotating basis, would be able to be deployed within 48 hours, Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.<\/p>\n

Military equipment and supplies would be pre-positioned in member states in the east so the force could “travel light, but strike hard if needed”, he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Rasmussen insisted that the plans would not breach the 1997 Nato-Russia Founding Act, which forbids the presence of permanent bases in eastern and central Europe.<\/p>\n

The new measures are set to be approved at a Nato summit in Wales this week.<\/p>\n

{{‘Runway destroyed’}}<\/p>\n

The Nato security alliance covers 28 member states, including eastern European countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic. It does not include Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk has said that he aims to put the country on the path towards Nato membership.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said such efforts were “undermining” attempts to reach a peace deal with the rebels.<\/p>\n

Crisis talks between Ukraine officials, rebels and Russian envoys ended without agreement on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s army has been forced to retreat amid a series of gains by pro-Russian rebels in both the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and further south around the port of Mariupol.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Ukraine’s army said it had been forced to withdraw from Luhansk airport after it was attacked by Russian tanks.<\/p>\n

The acting Luhansk region administration chief Irina Verihina told Ukraine’s 112 TV: “Our troops have withdrawn, but the runway is completely destroyed. There’s no way planes can land there.”<\/p>\n

The UN’s refugee agency estimates that at least 260,000 people have been displaced inside the country, with most of those affected from eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

‘I can take Kiev’
\nUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accused Russia of “direct, overt aggression against Ukraine”.<\/p>\n

Russia has repeatedly denied Ukrainian and Western accusations that it is providing troops and equipment to the rebels.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Russian official responded to allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin had commented: “If I want to, I can take Kiev in two weeks”.<\/p>\n

The reported comments were said to be made in a phone call to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and were reported in Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper.<\/p>\n

Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said that whether or not the words were spoken, the quote “was taken out of context and had a totally different meaning”, Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency reported.<\/p>\n

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