Statements by Western countries about the need to shoot down Russian aircraft are irresponsible and dangerous, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"Statements that Russian aircraft should be shot down are, to say the least, reckless, irresponsible, and certainly dangerous in their consequences," Peskov said.
He added that what is happening in the European environment is a "self-exciting mechanism." "They themselves raise issues and make irresponsible statements," he noted.
Furthermore, the Kremlin spokesman recalled the baseless accusations against Russia regarding an alleged incursion into Estonian airspace. "And, of course, against the backdrop of such recklessness, making such aggressive statements is another very significant escalation of tensions near our borders," Peskov concluded.
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Threats by NATO member states to shoot down Russian warplanes are “irresponsible,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. He insisted that no hard evidence has been presented to back up allegations that Russian fighter jets violated bloc members’ airspace.
ReplyDeleteEarlier this month, Poland alleged that multiple Russian drones had entered its territory. Estonia made similar claims of airspace violations last Friday, requesting urgent consultations with fellow NATO member states.
Moscow has denied any breaches of the military bloc’s airspace. Responding to the Estonia claim, the Russian Defense Ministry said three MiG-31s were conducting a routine flight from Karelia Region, east of Finland, to an airfield in Kaliningrad Region, a Russian exclave bordering Poland and Lithuania, and that they strictly flew over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.
When asked to comment on a report by Bloomberg, in which Western diplomats were cited as threatening to shoot down intruding Russian warplanes, Peskov said on Friday that “this is a very irresponsible statement.”