China News Service, December 7th. According to a comprehensive Russian satellite network report, the US Pentagon spokesman Kirby on the 6th denied that US reconnaissance planes pose a threat to Russian passenger planes over the Black Sea.
Earlier reports stated that a Russian passenger plane from Tel Aviv to Moscow changed its altitude due to a NATO reconnaissance plane.
Kirby said at a press conference on the 6th: "There is no danger, no unsafe and unprofessional actions, and certainly not from the US military. This situation can be easily resolved through normal thinking and routine air traffic control procedures."
Kirby pointed out that two aircraft have appeared at the same altitude thousands of times.
He also said: "Our Russian friends exaggerated and discussed incidents that did not happen."
A representative of the Russian Federal Aviation Agency previously told reporters that a flight from Tel Aviv to Moscow changed its altitude on the morning of December 3 due to a NATO reconnaissance plane over the Black Sea, saying that the NATO plane crossed the prescribed civil aviation route and did not respond to the air traffic service department. Inquiries.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova also said that the United States and NATO cannot but be punished for their risk-taking actions.
She added that the increased density of NATO aircraft near the Russian border, including flying over the Black Sea, poses a risk of dangerous incidents to civil aviation.
Zakharova finally said: “Considering that military aircraft flying without radio communication poses a risk to the safety of civilian aircraft in the Black Sea region, the Russian aviation authorities will protest through diplomatic channels.”