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The press secretary of the President of Russia, in an interview with Vladimir Solovyov on the Rossiya TV channel, told details about the incident with the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea and explained what Russia’s actions will be if such a provocation is repeated.
“The essence of operations like the provocation with the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea is planned by” senior comrades overseas, ” the head of the presidential press service noted.
According to him, Russian intelligence knows who made the decision when organizing this provocation.
Peskov also said that these were deliberate actions to probe weaknesses in the response and border tracking systems.
The Kremlin representative recalled that at the time of the incident, a US reconnaissance aircraft was detected over the Black Sea. He stressed that this plane received only the information that the Russian Federation considered it necessary to”provide”.
In addition, Dmitry Peskov answered the question about what will happen if another NATO ship violates the borders off the coast of Crimea: “I am not in favor of discussing such doomsday scenarios, but it is obvious that the reaction will be tough.”
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