US expands into Asia-Pacific by getting too close to Russia and China

WASHINGTON - According to Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, the United States is unrestrainedly expanding its military infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region to preserve its alleged hegemony, moving closer to the borders of Russia and China. "It should be noted that in order to preserve its alleged hegemony, the United States continues to cause tension and instability in the Asia-Pacific region," Patrushev told Magadan at a meeting on Russian Far East security. According to Patrushev, Washington is "unceremoniously expanding its military infrastructure, bringing it closer to the borders of Russia and China." The secretary of the Russian Security Council recalled that the United States has formed the military alliance AUKUS (United States, England, Australia), and that they are also evaluating the supply of weapons to Taiwan and the creation of a new alliance of the "Four Pacific": United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines. As reported by the Kyodo agency, on August 23 Australia, the United States and Japan will hold joint naval exercises in the South China Sea. According to the information provided, the three countries will send powerful warships to the Philippine area.