Shoigu in Austin, “US flights provocation, we will continue to respond”
The flights of American drones off Crimea are “a provocation” that creates “the conditions for an escalation” of tensions in the Black Sea, as Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu denounced in a phone call with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin yesterday, during which he met It is known that Moscow is not interested in such a development of events, but will continue to respond appropriately to such measures.
A statement from the Russian Defense Ministry underscored the increase in Washington’s intelligence activities against Moscow’s interests. Shoigu reminded that the major nuclear powers should act as responsibly as possible, including maintaining military communication channels to discuss possible crisis situations.