OUR Russia announced that she wants to recover the wreckage of an American drone, which the West accuses her of shooting down in the Black Sea, and prove her involvement, as she laments, USA operations in Ukraine as Washington says it is investigating Moscow’s motives for the incident.

Last Wednesday evening, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu It is estimated that one of the causes of the accident is “increase’ of American espionage operations.

“The reasons for the incident are the non-observance by the United States of the no-fly zone declared by Russia, which was established in connection with the conduct of a special military operation (on the territory of Ukraine), as well as in connection with the increased activity (of services) of intelligence against Russia’s interests,” Shoigu said in a statement. .

“Russia does not want such a turn of events, but now it will adequately respond to any provocation,” the statement said.

Reaper MQ-9 crashed in the neutral waters of the Black Sea after wash itaccording to Washington, Russian fighter. Moscow admits it intercepted drone by fightersbut denies that there was any contact between them that could have led to his downfall.

Russia claims the drone entered off the coast of Crimea, which it annexed in 2014, a no-fly zone it declared after invading Ukraine.

“At this stage, I cannot speak about motives or intentions (on the part of Russia), but what I can say with absolute certainty is that this is a reckless and dangerous action,” the US Secretary of State said. Anthony Blinken.

Kyiv accused Russian forces of deliberately shooting down the Reaper to send a message to Washington.

“Putin’s message”

At a time when the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine from the West began, the neutralization of the drone is “a message from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin that he is ready to expand the conflict zone and involve other parties,” he said. Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine, stressed on Twitter.

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin yesterday stressed that the United States will continue to fly “where international law allows.”

“Russia needs to fly its military aircraft professionally and safely,” Austin added at a press conference after a phone call with Shoigu.

For its part, Russia indicated that will try to find the wreckage of the Reaper in order to study them.

“I don’t know if we can succeed or not, but we have to try. And we will definitely do this, and, I hope, of course, with success,” said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, speaking on Russian television.

In his assessment, the incident proves that the US is “directly involved (…) in the war.”

“We have taken action”

John Kirby, a White House spokesman, told CNN that the US “has taken steps” to ensure that the drone or its equipment does not fall into enemy hands.

General Mark Milley, head of the US military, did not rule out the possibility that the Americans would also try to pick up the wreckage of the Reaper, although he acknowledged that such an operation would be difficult.

“We don’t have ships in the Black Sea right now,” and the drone probably “fell apart and sank at a depth of 1,200 to 1,500 meters,” he noted.

He stressed that even if Russia manages to collect its garbage, the US will take steps to protect any confidential information. “We are confident that what used to have value no longer has value,” Millie concluded.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, summoned to the State Department, said that Moscow considers the presence of American drones in the region a threat, calling on the US authorities to stop “their flights near the Russian border.”

This is the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine that a NATO country has admitted that it has lost the equipment it operated in the region.

Source: APE-MPE-AFP.