The Russian Foreign Ministry said that “we are in favor of pragmatic cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of our countries.”
Russia assured this Thursday that not looking for a confrontation with USAafter the tension generated by the incident between a american drone and a russian war plane about him Black Seanearly Ukraine.
“We are not looking for a confrontation, we are in favor of a pragmatic cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of our countries, but at the same time we are capable of defend these interests“said the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharovabefore the press. However, he pointed out that It’s important to keep the lines of communication open.“, according to the Sputnik agency.
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The tension between Washington and Moscow increased after USA reported on Monday that one of its drones fell into the waters of the Black Sea and held the Russian aviation responsible for having done so “intercepted and crashed” while operating in international airspace.
Russiafor his part, assured that he had not entered into contact with the drone and said that he rushed after a series of strange maneuvers upon being identified while on his way to crimeathe Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014 by Moscow.
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He Pentagon published this Thursday images of what he claims is a russian fighter that releases fuel on a US Air Force surveillance drone, which is cut by a helix. Meanwhile, the incident led to the secretary of United States Defense, Lloyd Austinwill talk on Wednesday by phone with the Minister of defense of russia, Sergei Shoiguin the first such communication since October.
Although the interception attempts are frequent, the incident occurred in the middle of the war in Ukraine raised concerns that it could bring USA and Russia still direct conflict.
Source: Ambito
