Ukraine war: US and Russian military chiefs in rare talks after drone downed
First known direct US-Russia confrontation since invasion • Russia says drone flights near Crimea 'provocative'
By REUTERS
Washington's top general said the crash of a US surveillance drone after being intercepted by Russian jets showed Moscow's increasingly aggressive behavior while Russia warned Washington that flying drones near Crimea risked escalation.
A day after the US drone went down over the Black Sea, defense ministers and military chiefs from the US and Russia held rare telephone conversations on Wednesday with relations at their lowest point in decades over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, that American drone flights by Crimea's coast "were provocative in nature" and could lead to "an escalation ... in the Black Sea zone," a ministry statement said.
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First known direct US-Russia confrontation since invasion • Russia says drone flights near Crimea 'provocative'
By REUTERS
Washington's top general said the crash of a US surveillance drone after being intercepted by Russian jets showed Moscow's increasingly aggressive behavior while Russia warned Washington that flying drones near Crimea risked escalation.
A day after the US drone went down over the Black Sea, defense ministers and military chiefs from the US and Russia held rare telephone conversations on Wednesday with relations at their lowest point in decades over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, that American drone flights by Crimea's coast "were provocative in nature" and could lead to "an escalation ... in the Black Sea zone," a ministry statement said.
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