As the conflict in Ukraine enters its third month, NATO and Russia have built up their naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea to the most significant levels in decades.
That was confirmed in a recent interview with Thibault Lavernhe, regional communication officer of French forces in the Mediterranean, who said “Ukraine has changed things.”
“The Americans are back. This hasn’t been the case since the Cold War,” he said. “Russia has doubled, if not tripled, its military capacity in the area” in terms of destroyers, submarines, and frigates, Lavernhe said.
Currently, there are about 20 Russian warships positioned around the Mediterranean, Lavernhe told the AFP news agency. Meanwhile, the United States has doubled its naval presence in the region since the start of the Ukraine war, the official said.
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