War games! Russia moves warships and planes near US

Russia plans to hold military drills in coming weeks and moves ships and planes to Caribbean, writes Reuters, citing sources among US officials.

One of the sources stated that "these exercises are part of Moscow's response to US support for Ukraine".

"It is about Russia demonstrating that it is still capable of a certain level of global power projection," he said.

The British media source added that Russia wants to upset the US and also influence the "domestic audience". He also stated that such exercises are rarely conducted, as "Russia has limited capabilities for this".

According to the information, the ships will stop in Cuba and Venezuela, and after the exercises, they will remain in the region until the end of the summer. More maneuvers are expected to take place in the fall.

The US does not consider the exercises a threat, but will monitor the situation closely. It is noted that Russia did not warn about the maneuvers.