Escalating Tensions: Moscow's Strategic Move Sparks Global Concerns
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Russia said two of its strategic bombers flew near the US state of Alaska , and the North American Space Defense Agency confirmed that Russian aircraft had been spotted in the area in distress high between the two sides and amid threats from Moscow to use nuclear weapons .
Two Tu-95MS strategic missiles flew off the west coast of the Gulf of Alaska, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
In contrast, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said it spotted and tracked four Russian military aircraft in the Alaskan area on Tuesday.
He explained that the Russian plane did not enter U.S. and Canadian sovereign aircraft.
Russian warning
Earlier today, Russia said it saw increased NATO activity near its borders and weapons surveillance as a "thing of the past", while Denmark warned of the risk of military conflict in the Arctic as a result for Moscow’s “aggressive actions”.
Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, accused the United States of escalating conflicts around the world and undermining Cold War-era arms deals .
“The issue of arms control is a thing of the past, because today it is impossible to restore even a modicum of trust due to Western double standards,” the Russian defense ministry quoted Gerasimov as saying on Wednesday.
The Russian general said Moscow has seen an increase in U.S.-led NATO activity near the Russian border.
He added that the United States had become a direct party to the conflict in Ukraine with Kiev targeting Russian territory with long-range missiles.
In the same vein, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that "the threat posed by the West to our borders could make Moscow consider the use of nuclear weapons."
Arctic stress
On the other hand, an annual report by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service said on Wednesday that security tensions in the Arctic region are expanding because Russia has adopted a more risky path, and also less so because of international cooperation because of the decrease.
The report also noted that Russia "views the region as important and will assert dominance through acts of violence and intimidation, which risk escalating beyond what has been previously seen in the Arctic."
According to the report, Russia is expected to be reluctant to give China more access to the Arctic, and Beijing could use this access to strengthen its role in the region and move forward with establishing policies to remain in the.
The Arctic region is of great strategic and military importance as a base for nuclear-armed submarines capable of hiding under ice and attacking most of North America, Europe and Russia in the event of war