Date: March 17, 2023 Time: 08:03:38
According to him, Washington considers the restrictions on aviation illegal and intends to continue flying over this territory, reports RIA Novosti.
“They can say what they want … about the restrictions. We don’t enforce them,” Kirby said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States dismissed the fact that Russia, at the start of the special operation in Ukraine, had warned about restricting flights in the Black Sea coastal areas. According to Lavrov, defiant disregard of this objective fact suggests that “the US side is constantly trying to look for some kind of provocation in order to escalate its confrontational approaches.”
Meanwhile, CNN reported that the US is reassessing its drone operations in the area following the loss of a drone in the Black Sea. According to the sources, the US Department of Defense wants to assess the costs and benefits of such missions, weighing “the potential intelligence value of this route against the risk of escalating tensions with the Russian Federation.”
