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After drone incident: US Senator calls for Russian jets to be shot down – Moscow warns of “declaration of war”

2023-03-16T12:21:43.551Z


The incident with the destroyed US drone makes Senator Lindsey Graham seethe. His statements are promptly and clearly answered by the Russian Ambassador to the United States.


The incident with the destroyed US drone makes Senator Lindsey Graham seethe.

His statements are promptly and clearly answered by the Russian Ambassador to the United States.

Munich – The relationship between the USA and Russia is becoming frostier.

If that is still possible given the escalations in the Ukraine war.

The most recent reason is the incident involving a US military drone and Russian fighter jets, in which the former crashed over the Black Sea.

For Lindsey Graham, this is apparently the last straw.

In a

Fox

interview with reporter Sean Hannity, the Republican, who represents South Carolina in the Senate, demanded an unequivocal response from the Kremlin: "We should hold them accountable and make it clear to them: If they ever get on a US aircraft again approaching in international waters, their plane will be shot down.” In an interview with

FR.de

by IPPEN.MEDIA, political scientist Prof. Dr.

Gerhard Mangott from the University of Innsbruck fears that the incident could bring to light a "great risk of escalation".

USA versus Russia: Senator Graham thinks of Reagan and calls Biden "deer in the headlights"

In the conversation, which was tantamount to settling accounts with US President Joe Biden, Graham referred to one of his predecessors: “What would Ronald Reagan have done now?

He would start shooting down Russian planes if they threatened ours.

American foreign policy is in free fall.”

The 67-year-old believes that the USA is in a "dangerous situation on various fronts", also naming the Chinese spy balloons over US territory or the quarrel with southern neighbor Mexico.

He accused Biden of acting "like a deer in the headlights" - so scared that he can't think straight.

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Demands a US response to the drone incident: Senator Lindsey Graham takes on US President Joe Biden.

© IMAGO / ZUMA Wire

Graham scolds Biden after drone incident: 'No one respects you'

Graham also stressed that Russia's annexation of Crimea fell during the tenure of Biden's party colleague Barack Obama, provocatively asking, "Does anyone think for a minute that Russia would have launched the invasion of Ukraine if Donald Trump were President of the United States?"

The staunch supporter of military operations was always very critical of the head of state, who was voted out in 2020, during his term of office.

But not nearly as much as Biden, whom he threw at the screen: “Nobody respects you.

If you don't change your game, World War III will happen.”

After drone incident: Russian ambassador warns USA and speaks of "declaration of war"

However, Graham himself could also conjure up this with his brash announcements towards Russia.

According to the Russian news agency

TASS

, Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the USA, reacted to this just as unequivocally: “A deliberate attack on a Russian aircraft in neutral airspace is not only a crime under international law, but an open declaration of war on the largest nuclear power. "

The diplomat also warned that an armed conflict between Russia and the United States cannot be compared to the "proxy war that the Americans are waging against us in Ukraine from afar."

Then firing at Graham: “Is the Capitol ready to expose the American people and the international community to the risk of full-blown nuclear war?

Give us the answer, dear senator!”

Video: USA publish footage of drone crash

Destruction of US drone: Russian ambassador accuses US military of "unprofessional action".

At the same time, Antonov repeated the official reaction of the Russian Ministry of Defense to the incident that led to the crash of the US drone: "Our fighter jets did not come into contact with the American drone." Rather, Russia did everything possible to prevent such an incident .

Of course, the loss of the "expensive equipment" for the Pentagon is "a shame".

But Antonov sees the blame in the United States: "In this case, the US military should look for the allegations of unprofessional behavior in itself."

Graham contra Antonov: Russian ambassador recalls call for assassination of Putin

Regarding Graham's statements, he made it clear: "The demands of some MPs go far beyond common sense." At the same time, Antonov complained that it was "by no means the first attempt by this notorious MP" to "provoke a dangerous escalation in US-Russian relations .

A year ago he called on our citizens to assassinate the Russian President.”

Shortly after the invasion began, the Republican searched for a new Brutus or Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg via Twitter to eliminate Vladimir Putin.

Brutus was among the group of senators who assassinated the Roman ruler Julius Caesar, Stauffenberg failed with the best-known assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, who triggered World War II with his campaign of conquest in Europe.

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Sees the blame for the incident in the United States: Anatoly Antonov has been Russia's ambassador in Washington since September 2017.

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War in Ukraine: Graham complains that there is not enough help from France and Germany

But Antonov also struck a conciliatory tone, which should be treated with caution, however, like the threats.

“We are not looking for a conflict with a nuclear power.

We continue to maintain contacts, including through the Department of Defense, to avoid unintended incidents," the ambassador said, but also added a quip: "I wish US politicians had the same attitude towards relations with Russia."

Meanwhile, Graham shot not only against Moscow and the US President, but also against the allies in Europe.

In that

Fox

interview, he grumbled: "We have to crack down on France and Germany for not helping Ukraine enough, which is lying in their backyard." the stability in the world as it is now."

(mg)

Source: merkur

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