A Russian Defense Ministry official dismissed on Tuesday a complaint by Ottawa that Russian military aircraft had acted provocatively by flying near a Canadian warship sailing in the Black Sea.
Canadian Defense Minister Rob Nicholson said on Monday that Russian aircraft had on Sunday circled the frigate Toronto as it took part in a military exercise in the Black Sea.
Although the aircraft posed no threat, their actions were “unnecessarily provocative and risk escalating tensions even further”, he said in a statement posted on his ministry’s website.
Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted General-Major Igor Konashenkov, a senior Russian Defense Ministry official, as saying …read more
Source: Newsweek
