March 15, 2023 7:52 p.m
Milley: “Milley secrets in the drone? No longer available”
“We still don’t know if it was intentional.” This is what General Mark Milley, chief of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said about the collision between the Russian jet and the American drone over the Black Sea: “But the interception was intentional,” he added. As for the military secrets contained in the drone that could end up in Russian hands, Milley assured that “measures have been taken to mitigate the damage” and “whatever was available is now unavailable”. In fact, the US remotely wiped the device’s software.
March 15, 2023 7:46 p.m
Austin confirms the call to Shoigu
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed a telephone conversation with Russian Defense Minister Shoigu. “As I have reiterated on numerous occasions, it is important that the major powers set an example of transparency and communication, and that the United States will continue to fly and operate wherever international laws permit,” the Pentagon chief said in a briefing referenced the content of the call.
March 15, 2023 7:24 p.m
Talks between Russian and American defense ministers
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone conversations with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry, indicating that the talks took place at the initiative of the American side.
March 15, 2023 7:22 p.m
Lavrov: “Accident between nuclear powers carries very serious risks”
In incidents like that of the US drone, “the United States seeks provocations to intensify its confrontational approaches.” This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, emphasizing that “any accident leading to a clash between two nuclear powers always involves very serious risks. You can’t ignore it,” he said, accusing the US of “ignoring flight restrictions” introduced with the war in some areas along the Black Sea.” Such provocative ignorance suggests that the American side is constantly searching for some sort of provocation to intensify their confrontational approaches,” he concluded.
March 15, 2023 7:19 p.m
Usage: “Probably Accidental Drone Fighter Collision”
The collision between the American drone and the Russian fighter jet that occurred over the Black Sea yesterday was “probably an unintentional act” by Russia. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
March 15, 2023 7:18 p.m
The US terminates the software of the crashed drone
The United States has remotely wiped the software on the MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed yesterday in the Black Sea after colliding with a Russian fighter jet. CNN reports it, citing two officials. The decision, it is explained, was made to prevent Russia from gathering classified information should Moscow recover the remains of the plane.
March 15, 2023 4:25 p.m
Assad to Putin: “Support for ‘special operation'”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reiterated his support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during his Kremlin meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I would like to take this opportunity as it is my first visit (since the beginning of the war) and reiterate Syria’s position in support of the special operation,” the Syrian President said, as reported by RIA Novosti.
March 15, 2023 4:20 p.m
“Moscow has plan to govern Moldova by 2030”
Moscow has developed a strategy to destabilize Moldova, bring it under its political control and alienate it from Western partners by 2030, according to an internal strategy document from Putin’s presidential administration seen by a media consortium including the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Yahoo News. The text, drafted in 2021, comes from the same “Presidential Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation” that drew up a similar strategy for Belarus. The ultimate goal by 2030 is the “creation of stable pro-Russian influence groups in Moldova’s political and economic elites”.
March 15, 2023 3:22 p.m
Austin in Moscow: “We will not stop flying where allowed”
“This dangerous episode is part of a pattern of aggressive, risky and unsafe actions by Russian pilots in international airspace. Let me be clear, the United States will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. And it’s up to Russia to use its military aircraft safely and professionally,” Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warned at the opening of the tenth meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, commenting on the collision between a Russian jet and a US drone on the plane Black Sea.
March 15, 2023 3:02 p.m
Moscow: “We will try to recover the American drone”
Russia will try to recover the remains of the American drone that crashed in the Black Sea yesterday, National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said. “I don’t know if we’ll be able to do it, but we have to try,” Patrushev said, quoted by RIA Novosti news agency.