The US has accused Russia of dangerous rapprochement of planes American destroyer
WASHINGTON, February 14 — RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The Pentagon said that concerned about the flight of Russian military aircraft near a US destroyer in the Black sea on 10 February, said Tuesday RIA Novosti the representative of the American Ministry Colonel Michel Baldanza.
“A few incidents with a large number of Russian aircraft in the Black sea near the destroyer Porter (ship DDG78) February 10, was appreciated by the commander of the ship as unsafe and unprofessional. Destroyer Porter asked for all the planes and got no response. Russian planes did not include their transponders. Such incidents concern us, because as a result can cause accidents or miscalculations (military — ed.)”, — said the representative of the Pentagon.
According to her, the U.S. destroyers were on a routine patrol in international waters in the Black sea after exercises Sea Shield.