The Russian Defense Ministry noted a recent “increased intensity” of U.S. drones over the Black Sea, saying they “conduct intelligence and targeting for precision weapons supplied to the Ukrainian military by Western countries for strikes on Russian facilities.
FILE - A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Russia's defense minister has ordered officials to prepare a “response” to U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea, the ministry said Friday, June 28, 2024, in an apparent warning that Moscow may take forceful action to ward off the American reconnaissance aircraft. Russia’s Defense Minister ordered officials to prepare a “response” to U.S.
It noted that “such flights significantly increase the probability of incidents involving Russian military aircraft, which increases the risk of direct confrontation between the alliance and the Russian Federation.”The ministry said that Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has directed the General Staff to “make proposals on measures of operative response to provocations.”, a Russian fighter jet damaged an American drone there, causing it to crash.
The Russian Defense Ministry said then that the U.S. drone was flying near the Russian border and intruded into an area that was declared off-limits by Russian authorities.
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