An incident involving a U.S. spy drone and a Russian fighter jet is a sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin is able to increase the Ukraine-Russia battle zone, a senior Ukrainian safety official stated on Wednesday.
The U.S. navy stated on Tuesday a Russian fighter aircraft had clipped the propeller of a spy drone and made it crash into the Black Sea. Moscow denied the plane had collided and stated the drone had crashed after “sharp manoeuvres”.
The Ukrainian presidency and authorities didn’t instantly provide any official touch upon the incident however Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, voiced concern on Twitter.
“The incident with the American MQ-9 Reaper UAV, provoked by Russia in the Black Sea, is Putin’s signal of readiness to expand the conflict zone with the involvement of other parties,” he wrote.
He stated Russia had a tactic of going all-out with a “constant raising of the stakes” within the hope of turning spherical what he described because the “conditions of a strategic defeat” for Russia in its year-old warfare in Ukraine.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
