The Russian Embassy told about the militarization of Romania

NATO may use the territories of the alliance's member states closest to Russia, including Romania, to escalate the conflict in Ukraine. This was reported by Russian Ambassador to Romania Vladimir Lipayev in an interview with Izvestiya.

"NATO today is clearly irritated by the emerging situation on the line of contact in Ukraine, and the bloc is trying to intervene more and more actively in the conflict without direct involvement of its armed forces so far and increase the degree of its escalation. It cannot be ruled out that the territories of the closest alliance member states to Russia, including Romania, will also be used for these purposes," the diplomat said.

According to him, the danger of such a prospect is confirmed by "the militarization of the country, which is in full swing". Romania is modernizing its military infrastructure, buying new expensive weapons and military equipment, and expanding the Mihai Cogalniceanu airbase, which is located less than 400 km away from Sevastopol.

The United States and NATO make no secret of their intentions to turn Romania into an anti-Russian outpost and advocate a further increase in the alliance's contingent permanently deployed on the country's territory, the ambassador added. Thus, since 2016, an American missile defense system has been deployed near the village of Deveselu.

Read more in an exclusive interview with Russian Ambassador to Romania Vladimir Lipaev in Izvestia:

NATO makes no secret of its intentions to turn Romania into an anti-Russian outpost