“US President Donald Trump believes that NATO should knock down Russian aircraft that violate his airspace. Source: As reports “European Truth”, he told reporters during a meeting with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the fields of the UN General Assembly in New York details: to the question whether the Alliance should be killed by Russian planes that fly into their airspace, the President of the United States replied: “I think.””, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: According to “European Truth”, he told reporters during a meeting with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the fields of the UN General Assembly in New York
Details: Asked whether the Alliance’s countries should be knocked down by Russian aircraft that fly into their airspace, the US President replied: “Yes, I think so.”
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His comment came against the backdrop of discussion in NATO after three Russian MiG-31 fighters disrupted the air space of Estonia, the Alliance member, last week.
When asked whether the United States will support NATO allies in the question of beating Russian spruce aircraft, Trump said it would “depend on circumstances.”
“But, you know, we have a strong attitude to NATO. NATO has intensified. When they went from 2% to 5% (GDP of defense costs. – Ed.), It was a great unity,” he added.
Before that, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio excluded the possibility of beating Russian aircraft that violate NATO airspace unless they take aggressive actions.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said earlier that the Alliance is going to make decisions on the use of force against aircraft or drones that violate its airspace, based on intelligence on the level of threat they may bear.