US criticized spans Russian Su-24 over the American destroyer – BBC Russian

Russian bombers Su-24 several times flew dangerously close to the American destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea.

White House spokesman Josh Ernest said that the US administration is aware of the spans Russian, and considers them to be “not in conformity with the standards of conduct of war”.

The Pentagon unveiled photos and videos, which is fixed, as the Russian Su-24 “aggressively” flying at low altitude near the USS Donald Cook.

“The White house is aware of the incident [...] This event does not correspond to professional standards of conduct of military forces operating in close proximity to each other in international water and air.” – Ernest said at a briefing in Washington, DC .

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Image caption According to the US military, the Russian Su-24 for two days dangerously approaching the destroyer Donald Cook

in a statement, the Pentagon said that the actions of Russian the pilots were “dangerous, provocative and potentially could lead to a collision”.

American ship captain observes that the planes were flying at a distance less than 10 meters from the ship and had a “simulation of an attack.” It is reported that the bombers were not equipped with weapons

The pilots of aircraft did not respond to the radio commands destroyer -. Both in Russian and in English

It is also reported that over the destroyer flew Russian. Ka-27, from which, presumably, was conducted ship shooting.

Violation of the agreement

These actions may violate the agreement concluded in 1970 on the preventing dangerous incidents on the high seas. It is not clear, express whether Washington official protest.

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Image caption Russian planes were aggressive, although they were not armed with

USS Donald Cook – destroyer Navy US fourth generation, the main weapon which is guided missiles. Reports indicate that on board the ship was a Polish helicopter.

The destroyer was heading to the Polish port of Gdansk.

Command of the US Armed Forces in Europe issued a statement expressing “deep concern” about the “unsafe and unprofessional Russian air maneuvers”.

“These actions are without any need to increase tension between the two countries and lead to miscalculation or incident whose consequences are serious injuries or loss of life,” – warned the US military .

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Image caption American ship captain says that the aircraft flew a few meters from the destroyer

According to the US military in the past few days, Russian Su-24 bomber several times flew dangerously close to the American destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic sea.

Many incidents

Such incidents between the armed forces of Russia, on the one hand, and the US and its allies, on the other hand, risen dramatically over the past two years, after Russia annexed the Crimea, which has led to a serious deterioration in relations between Moscow and the West.

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Image caption Su-24 were equipped with weapons

The incidents take different forms – it is a question either of violations of airspace, or on the flight of aircraft so close to each other that we are talking about a possible collision in the air or on the close passage of military . ships, either, and the simulation of attack

The incidents took place in the air and sea waters of the Baltic countries, in the Baltic sea and even near Stockholm: Swedish authorities were convinced that the Russian submarine infiltrated their territorial waters in 2014 .

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Image caption Over the destroyer is also flying a Russian helicopter Ka-27

Western eksprety and politicians believe that Moscow is flexing its muscles, showing that with its opinion and its interests must be considered

However, as the Washington correspondent bi-bi-si Gary O’Donoghue, many fear that it may lead -. accidentally or deliberately – to a confrontation between the two nuclear powers