Ukrainian crisis

Ukraine crisis reveals shortcomings in European confidence building measures - Russian Defense Ministry official

European experience in creating a confidence building mechanism on the interstate level is not a panacea, and the events in Ukraine have revealed significant shortcomings in this form of cooperation, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said.

"We lack confidence. Some colleagues say it is reasonable to use the European experience for these purposes. In our view, the specifics of the situation in the Asia Pacific region (APR) prevent us from mechanically copying the systems of confidence building measures existing in Europe. And besides, not all of them have proven to be viable and impartial in light of the Ukraine crisis," Antonov said at the 14th Shangri La Dialogue international conference in Asia on Saturday.