Denmark's Bornholm Island Becomes NATO's Front Post Against Russia In Baltic

JAKARTA - Bornholm Island in Denmark is increasingly being used as the outpost of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Balik area to deal with Russia.

The island's militaryization was carried out under the pretext of threats from Russia, although Moscow never had, let alone showed aggressive intentions towards Denmark, the Russian Ambassador to Copenhagen, Vladimir Barbin, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The Bornholm military is currently being carried out on false grounds, namely to protect the island from the 'Russian threat', even though Russia has never had aggressive intentions towards Denmark. Bornholm is now increasingly being used as NATO's outpost in the Baltic against Russia, "said Barbin.

Barbin added that even during the Cold War, Bornholm was never used as a place for military preparation, and actually contributed to the stability of the Baltic Sea area.

But at this time, according to Barbin, alliance planes are often deployed to patrol the Bornholm airspace.

US strategic bombers flying towards St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad had been hiding in the island's airspace so that it was not detected and intercepted by Russian fighter jets, Barbin explained.

He also highlighted that joint military exercises with the United States were regularly held in Bornholm, including the deployment of HIMARS launchers.

In the military exercises in 2023 and 2024, air transportation and container launchers of Mk.70 from the Mobile Typhon missile system were also trained.

Barbin insists the launcher can be used to fire various types of missiles, including the ground-based Tomahawk cruise missile which can be equipped with a nuclear warhead.

Denmark has provided the Bornholm region for provocative military actions like this, even though Russia has designated a moratorium on the deployment of medium-range missiles in Europe, "said Barbin as quoted by ANTARA from Sputnik, Monday, July 14.

In recent years, Russia has recorded extraordinary increases in NATO activity near its western border. The alliance continues to expand its initiative on behalf of the detention of Russian aggression.

Moscow has repeatedly voiced concerns about the deployment of NATO military power in Europe.

Russia's Foreign Ministry insists that Moscow remains open to dialogue with NATO, but must be based on the principle of equality.

The West was also asked to stop the European region's militarization policy.