Special operation, March 15: Shoigu met with the head of the Pentagon

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Special operation, March 15: Shoigu met with the head of the Pentagon

Special operation, March 15: Shoigu spoke with the head of the Pentagon – RIA Novosti, 03/15/2023

Special operation, March 15: Shoigu met with the head of the Pentagon

On Wednesday, the discussion about the incident with a US drone in the Black Sea airspace continued: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that everything … RIA Novosti, 03/15/2023

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MOSCOW, March 15 – RIA Novosti. The discussion on the incident with a US drone in the Black Sea airspace continued on Wednesday: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that any incident causing a clash between two nuclear powers always presents risks very serious, the United States cannot fail to understand this. Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev added that the United States is using all means in the conflict in Ukraine, the incident with the drone showed. Later, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin discussed the incident by phone with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and stressed that the United States would continue to fly over international waters. Progress of the operationThe Vostok troop group of the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, destroying up to 75 servicemen, a sabotage and reconnaissance group and 8 pieces of equipment in one day , said the Russian Ministry of Defense. Wednesday. A Russian fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter Mi-8 in the Zaporozhye region. In addition, Russian air defense systems shot down 15 HIMARS, Uragan and Vilkha MLRS shells per day, as well as seven Ukrainian drones in the regions of DPR, LPR, Kharkiv and Zaporozhye. Russian units destroyed more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles and one D-30 howitzer in the direction of Kherson in one day. The “southern” group of troops of the Russian armed forces in the direction of Donetsk destroyed up to 160 Ukrainian servicemen and 14 pieces of equipment a day, including an American towed howitzer M777 and a self-propelled howitzer M109 Paladin, as well as three warehouses of the Ukrainian army in the DPR, added the Russian Defense Ministry. The Russian army destroyed three radar stations of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in the DPR. In the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions kyiv lost about 300 servicemen per day. The attack of Ukrainian troops in the Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region was repelled, some of the militants were destroyed, some retreated to their original positions, the chairman of the movement “We are with Russia” said “, member of the main council of the regional administration Vladimir Rogov. US drone incident Russia knows in detail and understands the objectives of US intelligence activities in the Black Sea, said Sergei Naryshkin, director of Russia’s foreign intelligence service. He added that the United States was carrying out very active intelligence activities in the Black Sea, using all technological means. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the United States ignores the fact that after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the coastal areas of the Black Sea have a limited status for flights, this looks like a provocation. Later it became known that the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, had a conversation with the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, the incident with the drone was discussed. After a conversation with Shoigu, Austin said the major powers should set an example of transparency and sociability. Meanwhile, Austin told Shoigu, in light of the drone incident over the Black Sea, the United States would continue to fly over international waters. He also said that the United States leaves Zelensky to decide what to do with Artemivsk, but the loss of the city will not mean the defeat of kyiv. The United States does not seek conflict with Russia, Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said when asked if the drone incident over the Black Sea was “a act of war”. He added that he intended to speak with his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov. Russian Navy submarine forces are able to recover the downed US MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Black Sea, but the security of this operation must be ensured given the risk of a strike from Ukraine, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation (1998-2002), told RIA Novosti. The Press Secretary to the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, urged focusing on the statement by the Russian Defense Ministry that there was no physical contact between the Russian fighter and the American drone, no weapon was used. The last thing Washington wants is for the situation in Ukraine to escalate into a conflict between the United States and Russia, said John Kirby, White House strategic communications coordinator. Assad supported the special operationRussian President Vladimir Putin received Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, who expressed his support for Moscow in the special operation in Ukraine. He also added that the situation in the world must be stabilized. The next meeting of the contact group on support for Ukraine of NATO countries and their allies in the Ramstein format has started online, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday. The Slovak government on Wednesday postponed the decision on the possible transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, TV channel TA3 reported, citing Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy. Israel has approved export licenses for the possible sale of anti-drone systems to Ukraine, Axios reports, citing unnamed Israeli and Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian diplomats are negotiating with Swiss elites over the supply of necessary weapons to Ukraine, despite the passage of Switzerland’s neutrality law, National Security Committee member David Arakhamia said on Wednesday. defense and intelligence of the Verkhovna Rada. . Nine Western countries have pledged to transfer more than 150 German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine in total, the Pentagon chief said. Sweden transfers 10 Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Norway – 2 NASAMS air defense systems, he added. Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed decrees on the dismissal of the heads of the regional military administrations – Odessa, Khmelnitsky and the Kyiv-controlled Lugansk regional state administration.

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