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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a wreath-laying ceremony on the Everlasting Flame and the Unknown Soldier’s Grave within the Alexander Backyard throughout an occasion marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (AFP)
The conflict was the primary such incident between Moscow and Washington since President Vladimir Putin despatched troops to Ukraine in February 2022
The Russian defence minister advised the Pentagon chief on Wednesday that Washington’s “elevated” intelligence gathering towards Russia had led to a drone incident, Moscow stated.
The USA on Tuesday accused Russia of forcing down one in every of its Reaper surveillance drones over the Black Sea via a collision with a Russian Su-27 warplane.
Russia denies that it intentionally introduced the drone down.
It was the primary such incident between Moscow and Washington since President Vladimir Putin despatched troops to Ukraine in February 2022.
On Wednesday, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu advised US Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin that “elevated intelligence actions towards the pursuits of the Russian Federation” and “non-compliance with the restricted flight zone” declared by Moscow as a consequence of its marketing campaign in Ukraine had led to the incident, the defence ministry stated in an announcement.
The ministry in Moscow additionally warned that it could react “proportionately” to any future US “provocations”.
“Flights of American strategic unmanned aerial automobiles off the coast of Crimea are provocative in nature, which creates pre-conditions for an escalation of the scenario within the Black Sea zone,” the ministry stated.
“Russia shouldn’t be curious about such a improvement of occasions, however it should proceed to reply proportionately to all provocations.”
Individually, the Russian army’s chief of the Normal Workers Valery Gerasimov spoke to Mark Milley, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Workers, the defence ministry stated in a separate assertion.
No particulars had been instantly supplied.
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