Moscow explains the logic of its warning by claiming that the peninsula is “an inalienable part” of Russia.
The Russian Defense Ministry has issued a harsh statement in response to an earlier report by Pentagon about an unsafe interception of an American Lockheed EP-3 by a Russian SU-27 fighter over the Black Sea off the Crimea coast, forcing the U.S. crew to abort its mission.
“We would like to remind that Crimea is an inalienable part of Russia,” the Russian defense ministry’s statement reads, according to RBC.
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