This statement was made by the coordinator for strategic communications in the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby.
"We have repeatedly made it clear that we are not looking for a conflict with Russia. We intend to continue to support Ukraine, we intend to strengthen our presence and our deterrence capabilities on the eastern flank of NATO, "TASS quoted him as saying.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims that the United States ignores the fact that after the start of the CVO, the coastal areas of the Black Sea have a limited status for flights.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a conversation with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, noted that the flights of American strategic drones near the coast of Crimea are provocative, so Russia will continue to respond proportionately to all provocations.