the defense Ministry of Russia expressed its official protest to the military attaché of Ukraine because of the actions of the aircraft An-26, which at extremely low altitude made two fly around the Russian rigs “Tauris” and “Crimea-1″ in the Black sea. On Wednesday, February 1, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the official representative of Department major General Igor Konashenkov.
In his words, “transferred the note emphasized that the actions of the Ukrainian aircraft are regarded as provocative.” It is emphasized that the flight of an-26 extremely low altitude “endangering the safety of the personnel and equipment of the towers”.
on 1 February the Minister of defence of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak said that in the Maritime economic zone of Ukraine in the area of Odessa from small arms were fired at a Ukrainian transport aircraft, the Navy An-26. The Ministry claimed that the shelling was conducted from Russian drilling rigs.
the headquarters of the black sea fleet (BSF) said that the officer of the guard unit on the drilling platform had to four light signal from a signal pistol to prevent the crash because the Ukrainian aircraft made two provocative approach to an extremely low altitude on the Russian rigs “Tavrida” and “Crimea-1″.
In the state Duma, in turn, commenting on the words of Poltorak, said that the level of irresponsible statements from the Kiev authorities crossed all reasonable boundaries. “It’s one thing when a grandmother on a bench near the entrance blurted out something, but people take such posts, and such things allow themselves to speak”, — said the first Deputy Chairman of the Committee on defense Alexander Sherin.
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