Russia openly threatens to shoot down NATO jets – “Return of particularly aggressive attitude”. France's defense minister sees a more aggressive stance.
French reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea were affected. Russian warship anchored in the Bay of the Seine “as if it wanted to come and intimidate France’s” France has deployed soldiers and aircraft to Romania as part of an international coalition to protect NATO's eastern flank. Fighter jets and special AWACS radar aircraft are used from there to scout the south of Ukraine, Black Sea and Russian-occupied Crimea.