Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova assured that Moscow does not seek confrontation with the United States and, despite the recent incident between American drone and Russian fighter in the waters of the Black Sea, favors keeping lines of communication with Washington open.

“We think it’s important to keep lines of communication open, in fact we do. We are not looking for confrontation, we stand for pragmatic cooperation in the interests of the peoples of our countries, but at the same time, we know how to protect these interests“, pointed out Zazharova, collects TASS.

Tensions between Moscow and Washington escalated after the US confirmed on Monday that one of its drones had crashed in the Black Sea after colliding with a Russian Su-27 fighter jet operating in international airspace. Russia, for its part, He defended himself by not making contact with the drone. and noted that he rushed after a series of strange maneuvers.

After this incident, the authorities of both countries sharply escalated in their usual exchange of accusations, which is why even Moscow it was recognized that relations with Washington are at a “nadir” and in a sorry state.

Russia increases the presence of ships in the Black Sea

On the other hand, the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned this Thursday that Russia has increased its presence in the Black Sea.

In fact, the Ukrainian military authorities admitted that this “atypical” number of vessels may be due precisely to the intentions of the United States to send a ship to the Black Sea, try to find the wreckage of the drone.

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The US government has calculated that Russia managed to recover some of the remains of an American drone fell into the waters of the Black Sea.

As he told the TV channel CNN a US official familiar with the matter, It is reported that Russia was only able to find small parts of the MQ-9 drone.

However, National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby assured on Wednesday that the EU had made it impossible for the remains that fell into the Black Sea. can have any intelligence value.

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In this context, the people of Kiev warned that it cannot be ruled out that the Russian Armed Forces sent so many ships to the area specifically for start a parallel search operationThis is stated in the statement of the Southern Operational Command, distributed on the social network Facebook.

In addition, this was reported to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. the presence of five Russian missile ships, two of them underwater, raising the risk of further missile attacks. “Don’t ignore airborne warning signs,” he recommended.

(According to information from Europe Press)