![]() ![]() Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking with workers at a helicopter factory in southern Siberia, again cast the conflict in Ukraine as an existential one for Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video showing gaping holes in the façade of the low-rise building, which bore the brunt of the strike that damaged nine apartment blocks, a kindergarten, a bank branch and two cars, said regional Gov. “Probably my biggest worry both there and in the Pacific is an aggressive Russia or China pilot or vessel captain, or something gets too close, doesn’t realize where they are, and causes a collision,” Berger said, in response to a question at a National Press Club event Tuesday.Īs fighting continued in Ukraine, a Russian missile struck an apartment building Tuesday in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, killing at least one person and wounding nine others in one of the major urban strongholds the Donetsk region.Ī Ukrainian Emergency Service rescuer works on a building damaged by shelling in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday. David Berger, commandant of the Marine Corps, said this type of collision is his greatest concern, both in that part of Europe as well as in the Pacific. “These aggressive actions by Russian aircrew are dangerous and could lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation,” it warned. and allied aircraft over international airspace, including over the Black Sea. European Command said the incident followed a pattern of dangerous actions by Russian pilots while interacting with U.S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing in the James S. “We’re going to continue to fly and operate in international airspace over international waters. “If the message is that they want to deter or dissuade us from flying, and operating in international airspace, over the Black Sea, then that message will fail,” Kirby said. from continuing its missions in the area. Kirby emphasized that the incident wouldn’t deter the U.S. and its allies have effectively become engaged in the conflict. The Kremlin has charged that by providing weapons to Ukraine and sharing intelligence information with Kyiv, the U.S. intelligence flights close to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 and illegally annexed. Moscow has repeatedly voiced concern about U.S. He added that Moscow wants “pragmatic” ties with Washington, adding that “we don’t want any confrontation between the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Karen Donfried, Antonov insisted that the Russian warplanes didn’t hit the American drone or fire their weapons. drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aircraft in international waters. military said a Russian warplane struck the propeller of a U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, said the MQ-9 aircraft was “conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9.” He added that “in fact, this unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash.”Īnatoly Antonov, center, Russian ambassador to the United States, arrives for a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Karen Donfried at the U.S. “This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional,” it added. European Command said in a statement from Stuttgart, Germany. Prior to that, the Su-27s dumped fuel on the MQ-9 and flew in front of it several times in “a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner,” the U.S. forces to bring it down in international waters. It said one of the Russian fighters struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. European Command said two Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercepted the drone while it was operating within international airspace. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, has made similar representations in Moscow. summoned the Russian ambassador to lodge a protest and the U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price called it a “brazen violation of international law.” He said the U.S. State Department officials would be speaking directly with their Russian counterparts and “expressing our concerns over this unsafe and unprofessional intercept.” President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to White House national security spokesman John Kirby.
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