Under Putin's nose: The largest NATO base in Europe will appear on the border with Odesa region

After completing the expansion work, the base should be the size of a small city and will be able to accept 10,000 NATO and their families. New technical hangars, fuel warehouses, BC warehouses and other premises will be built here. The village in Romania near the Ukrainian border can become the largest European NATO European Air Base, as Putin promises to go "to the end" in the war against Ukraine. About it writes Bussiness Insider.

"Michael Kongelnichan Air Base, located approximately 12 miles from the Black Sea coast and 180 miles from the war -covered city of Odesa in southern Ukraine, is ready to become the largest NATO base in Europe. The project worth 2. 7 billion dollars from the transformation At the beginning of this year, "the message reads. The base has been used by US military since 1999.

Upon completion of the expansion work, it should be the size of a small city and will be able to accept 10,000 NATO and their families. New technical hangars, fuel warehouses, BC warehouses, equipment for equipment, aviation and technical materials, simulators and more will be built here. Romanian F-16 fighters will soon arrive at the base, which have recently been purchased in Norway and UAV MQ-9 Reaper.

In early June, 7 Finland F/A-18 Hornet fighters were landed here to perform training and real departments along the eastern flank on the Black Sea coast. "The base of Michael Kongelnitsan will become the most important constant military structure of NATO in the immediate vicinity of the conflict in the south of Ukraine. Let's not think that this conflict will end this year in 2025 or 2026. This is a long -term conflict," Dorin Poscu said, geopolitical. ".

The Russian side has already expressed sharp warnings about the project, in particular, the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee in Foreign Affairs Andriy Klimov warned that it was a" threat "to Bucharest. " If it likes Romanians, it is, of course, their business, but the mortar club NATO draws ordinary civilians into such adventures that can end very deplorable for their families and children, "he said.