GUR reported the expansion of the military presence of the Russian Federation in Armenia: Yerevan refutes

Against the background of exacerbation of relations between the Russian Federation with Azerbaijan, personnel for the base in Guumra are recruited among servicemen who are serving in Rostov and Volgograd regions, as well as in the temporarily occupied Crimea, reported in the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

In addition, Russia is actively seeking volunteers among the representatives of the enslaved peoples of the Caucasus - in particular, in North Ossetia and Adygea. "The deployment of Russian troops in Armenia is an element of the Kremlin's comprehensive strategy aimed at destabilizing the global security situation.

Together with the ignition of the interethnic conflict, Moscow is increasing military presence in the Caucasus," - said the representative of the GRU of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov, who did not exclude. In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia was called "fiction" the information, writes the edition "Novosti-Armenia".

"The Republic of Armenia again confirms its fundamental position, according to which the territory of the RA cannot be used by third states to carry out hostilities against any of the neighboring states," the information of Ukrainian intelligence commented in the foreign policy department. The 102nd Order of Alexander Nevsky The Russian military base in Armenia has two garrisons: in Yerevan and Gumri, 126 km north.

The base was created in 1992 on the basis of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the Transcaucasian Military District. The contract on the functioning of the database was reconstructed by 2044. The base, which has been completed only in the spring of 2017, has a C-300V anti-aircraft missile system. The military base of the military base is located at the Erebuni airfield near Yerevan. It contains MiG-29 fighters, Mi-24P and Mi-8MT helicopters.