He Russian Defense Minister ordered his officials to prepare a “response” to the flights of American drones about him Black SeaHe said ministry on Friday, in an apparent warning that Moscow could take strong action against United States reconnaissance aircraft.
He Ministry noted the recent “increase in activity” of American drones about him Black Sea and noted that “they carry out intelligence and guidance of precision weapons delivered to the ukrainian army by Western countries to attack Russian facilities.”
“This shows the increased involvement of the United States and other NATO countries in the conflict in Ukraine on the side of the kyiv regime,” pointed out the ministry it’s a statement. Furthermore, he indicated that “Such flights significantly increase the likelihood of incidents involving Russian military aircraft, which increases the risk of direct confrontation between the alliance and the Russian Federation.”. “NATO members will be responsible for this,” he added.
According to ministrythe owner of Defending, Andrei Belousovhas ordered the Mayor state to “make proposals on operational response measures to provocations.”
Washington and Moscow They have already clashed before over the presence of American drones in it Black Sea. In 2023, a russian fighter damaged a American drone in the area causing it to crash. Any further incident of this kind could further fuel tensions over the war in Ukraine.
On March 14, 2023, a Su-27 fighter jet of the russian air forces intercepted and damaged a US MQ-9 Reaper dronewhich ended up crashing in the Black SeaIt was the first direct confrontation between the forces of both countries since the Cold War.
He Pentagon and the United States European Command then they said that two Russian Su-27 They dumped fuel on the MQ-9, which was carrying out routine surveillance in international airspace. Moscowfor its part, indicated that the aircraft was flying near the Russian border and entered an area that had been marked as exclusionary by the Russian authorities.
Russia has banned flights in large areas near Crimea. Since the peninsula was illegally annexed in 2014 and long before its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has accused American surveillance planes of flying too close to their borders, ignoring their warnings.
Friday’s statement came after a Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol during the weekend with missiles ATACMS manufacturing United Stateswhich left four dead and around 150 injured, according to Russian authorities.
He Kremlin said Washington He was directly involved in the operation by providing intelligence and targeting information and warned of possible retaliation.
(With information from AP)
