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In a closed meeting in Moscow, European diplomats warned Kremlin: NATO is willing to use force, until destroying Russian aircraft, in case of violation of the alliance. About this report Bloomberg agency is related to sources.
The reason for the intense meeting, in which the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, France and Germany participated as a recent incident when Estonia accused MiG-31 Russian warriors violating airspace. According to sources, the Russian side is said to be at the meeting that she thinks it has been dragged into the confrontation with European countries. According to their logic, such actions are a reaction to Ukrainian attacks in Crimea will not be possible without NATO's support.
In response to the warning, the Russian Ambassador to France Alexei Meshkov directly stated that if NATO was a Russian plane, “it would be a war.” The situation is very complicated by the disagreements in the alliance itself. While US President Donald Trump and leaders of some Eastern European countries are calling for decisive actions, Germany and Italy to support caution, fear of uncontrolled escalation.
Recalling that the Russian Defense Ministry has previously denied Estonia's allegations, emphasizing that the aircraft made a planned flight in the neutral waters of Baltic and did not violate the airspace of other countries.
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