According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, the cause of the incident was the failure of the United States to comply with the flight restriction zone declared by the Russian FederationMOSCOW, March 15.
/tass/. During the talks, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and his American counterpart Lloyd Austin focused on the exchange of views on the causes and consequences of the incident with the crash of a US drone over the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Russian Defense Ministry.
The ministry recalled that on March 15, at the initiative of the American side, telephone talks between Shoigu and Austin took place. "The main attention was paid to the exchange of views on the causes and consequences of the incident with the crash of an unmanned aerial vehicle of the United States on March 14 this year in the Black Sea," the ministry said.
Shoigu pointed out to his American counterpart that the reason for the incident was the failure of the United States to comply with the flight restriction zone declared by the Russian Federation. He also noted that the flights of US drones off the coast of Crimea are provocative in nature, which creates prerequisites for an escalation of the situation.
The Minister noted that Russia "is not interested in such a development of events, but it will continue to respond proportionately to all provocations."
"The major nuclear powers should act as responsibly as possible, including maintaining military communication channels to discuss any crisis situations," the Russian military department summed up.
As the Russian military department recalled, on Wednesday, at the initiative of the American side, telephone talks between Shoigu and Austin took place.
