Russia’s Defense Minister said in a call with his American counterpart on Wednesday that the “reinforcement” of US-led espionage operations was one of the causes of the incident between Russian aviation and an American drone in the Black Sea.
“The causes of the incident are the failure of the United States to observe the restricted flight zone (…) due to the conduct of the special military operation (in Ukraine), as well as the strengthening of intelligence activities against the interests of Russia,” said Sergei Shoigu, quoted in a press release from the Russian Ministry of Defense, assuring that Moscow “will react proportionally” to future American “provocations”.
More details to come.