According to Koshkin, it is not hidden that this provocation fits into the NATO strategy associated with military-political pressure on Russia and with "support" for Ukraine.
“If so, the main constituent element of NATO is the United States, and such provocations cannot in any way pass by the adoption of a decision in Washington or in Brussels - with the permission of those who ensure the entire process of the North Atlantic Treaty functioning.
So the USA could not be done without the USA, ”the expert said.
He added that Great Britain took upon itself the implementation of the provocation.
“These secret documents, which were found in the county of Kent in a day and were transferred to the pro-British BBC, all indicated that Britain was allegedly at the origins of this provocation.
But, as we can see, diversionary maneuvers still could not be diverted, because now there are a lot of discussions, and deeper immersion in this problem shows that the actions are coordinated and, of course, rehearsed, ”concluded Koshkin.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov announced the involvement of the United States in a provocation with the British destroyer Defender off the coast of the Crimean peninsula.
Also, the head of state, Vladimir Putin, noted that the provocation was complex and was carried out together with the United States.
According to Putin, the Russian armed forces knew that during the provocation there were attempts to track how the Russian systems and the military were reacting to such actions, so the Armed Forces "provided such information as they deemed necessary."
The President added that the British ship entered the territorial waters of Russia during the day, and before that, in the morning, an American strategic reconnaissance aircraft took off from a NATO military airfield in Greece, followed by the Russian Armed Forces.