According to him, the UN has not yet approved the status of the peninsula.
“Under various pretexts, even though it has been 10 years, they do not approve our borders in Crimea, but they do not reject our requests either,” the expert was quoted by NEWS.ru as saying.
All this significantly complicates the situation with NATO drones.
“We can’t shoot them down, so we’re just pushing them out (of the airspace – RG note),” Popov added.
It is worth recalling that yesterday it became known that NATO reconnaissance aircraft, after a short pause, returned to the Crimean region, and even with reinforcements. Now, together with the P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft, the Sevastopol area is being monitored by the British RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov instructed the General Staff to think about measures to respond to the increasing frequency of NATO aviation flights over the Black Sea. The military believes that the alliance’s aircraft and drones not only carry out reconnaissance, but also provide target designations for attacking Russian targets.
