Russian Military Mulls ‘Response’ to US Drones Operating Over Black Sea

Moscow continues to blame the U.S. for a June 23 missile attack that killed four civilians near Crimea’s port of Sevastopol.

A RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned (drone) aircraft. U.S. Air Force/Bobbi Zapka/Handout/Files via Reuters

Moscow is considering means of responding to what it calls “provocations” by U.S. drones operating over the Black Sea, according to Russia’s defense ministry.

“Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has instructed the General Staff of the Armed Forces to draw up proposals for mounting a prompt response to the [U.S.] provocations,” the ministry said in a June 28 statement.