Saturday, November 01, 2014

US military to Putin: Stop flights over European airspace

Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin over the recent flights into the airspace of some European countries.

“We certainly don’t see these increased flights and activity as helpful to the security situation in Europe,” Kirby told reporters on Friday.

President Putin should “take concrete, tangible steps to reduce tension, not increase it,” he added.

The warning was issued after NATO on Wednesday announced that an increasingly large number of Russian military aircraft have been tracked flying unannounced into European airspace this month .... http://www.presstv.ir