Source: The morning newspaper
According to information cited by the Russian Labour newspaper website on September 25, Russian Ambassador to France Aleksey Mesjkov warned on September 25 that if NATO forces destroy any Russian aircraft, it would lead to a war between Russia and NATO.
The picture shows NATO headquarters
The diplomat said in a television program on Luxembourg Radio that “this could be a war,” commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks calling on NATO members to shoot down Russian fighter jets.
Mechkov reminded that NATO aircraft also frequently violated Russian airspace. He also responded to the allegations of some European politicians that Russian drones violated European airspace.
Polish authorities are investigating the possibility of amending legislation to allow the Polish military to shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine without prior approval from the European Union or NATO.
During a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Trump said that if a Russian aircraft enters NATO airspace, NATO countries should shoot it down.
The EU responded to Trump’s statement almost immediately. Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius called it lighthearted and unfavorable to the current situation. He stressed that “the lighthearted demands to shoot down air targets or exhibit force are of no benefit to the current situation.”
Extended reading
German and Swedish fighter jets directly clash with Russian reconnaissance jets, will the two sides conflict positively?
Swedish and German warplanes intercepted and tracked a Russian reconnaissance aircraft.
No matter how you look at it, it seems that the situation is somewhat tense!
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According to the Associated Press, the interception and tracking incident occurred over the Baltic Sea on September 21st.
In the case of Sweden and Germany, this is very dangerous.
The picture shows the Russian Il-20 Picture: Information
After all, you can see by looking at the map that the easternmost point of the Baltic Sea is the famous Russian city of St. Petersburg. It is also the lifeline of Russia's economy and has important political significance.
And on the Baltic coast, there is also the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
The mainland of Russia is connected with Kaliningrad, originally there are two lines of water and land roads. Currently, the land roads are restricted by Lithuania and Poland each card, leading to some aspects are not smooth.
In terms of waterways, it seems unimpeded, but Russian civilian ships are actually under surveillance in Lithuania and Poland.
In such circumstances, Russia naturally has to think the same thing.The best solution is to have a deeper understanding of the military deployment on the Baltic coast.
For this reason, the Russian army's use of IL-20 electronic reconnaissance aircraft for reconnaissance operations is also a choice in line with the current local situation.
Overall, the German and Swedish fighter jets took off as a rule, they did not shoot down the Russian military reconnaissance aircraft and did not take extraordinary measures.
From the relevant reports, it can be seen that the tactical actions made by Germany and Sweden were mostly intercepting and tracking. Of course, according to the Swedish side, as early as September 19, that is, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets "invaded" Estonian airspace near the island of Wendell in the Gulf of Finland, and stopped for at least 12 minutes.
Swedish Eagle Lion fighter aircraft.
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Whether it is targeting Russian reconnaissance aircraft or MiG-31 fighter jets, Sweden seems to be in a hurry recently.
To my uncle, this is the latest!
To know, Sweden is the new member of NATO.This time, it was at the top of NATO!
In fact, in the news of Russian fighter jets "invading" Estonia's airspace, and NATO aircraft had to go to combat assistance, more often seen is Polish fighter jets.
Now, Germany and Sweden are coming out, and it seems that they are trading certificates!
Look at the order of joining NATO-
Poland joined NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the drastic changes in Eastern Europe. At the same time, it should also be seen that Poland is indeed the NATO's closest to Russia and the country with a larger scope of territory.
NATO vessels participating in "Operation in the Baltic Sea" landed at naval base in Rostock, Germany
Nowadays, Sweden is the country with the most military-industrial capacity in Europe and, after joining NATO, partnering with Germany, seems to show that NATO demands that the two stronger industrial powers make more contributions.
Unlike Sweden’s new NATO membership, Germany has already joined NATO for a long time, but since it was a defeated country, Germany often doesn’t dare to do it even after joining NATO.
Now, Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled that Russian troops withdrew from Germany after hearing that NATO would no longer expand eastward, but now NATO continues to expand eastward. Under such circumstances, Germany began to use air power to approach the border between Russia and NATO by mountains and rivers. Uncle Hai has to say that this is really dangerous.
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It is worth noting that the related actions of the German army, the Swedish army and, of course, the Polish army were made when the United States announced that it would postpone arms sales to NATO.
On September 21st, Xinhua News Agency quoted the website of The Atlantic Monthly as saying that news came from the Pentagon and the White House that the United States had to suspend billions of dollars worth of Patriot missiles originally planned to supply Denmark. Some analysts believe that the reason is that the United States' own Patriot missile inventory is insufficient, and its production capacity cannot keep up. If you look closely, it comes from the fact that the United States just bombed in the direction of Iran, coupled with its support for Israel, and its previous support for Ukraine, it overdrafted too much.
On the other hand, it should also be seen that in the past years, especially in the period of the US-Soviet domination of the Cold War, the U.S. military aircraft had wrestled with the Soviet and subsequent Russian aircraft in the Balentine Sea, and even to the “meat fight” —
The fighter planes brushed against the fighter planes, scratching each other in the air!
But now things have changed!
Those who rushed ahead were the "little brothers" of the United States, and there were even those who newly joined NATO to trade their certificates. There is just no sign of the US military itself!
In fact, for the United States, this method has actually emerged in the Obama era, such as asking for the title of the French aircraft carrier "De Gaulle" to fight against the Libyan Gaddafi regime.
And then, either against Syria or in the face of the Russian conflict, the U.S. military was never in the first line. The only exception was the recent use of B-2 bombers to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.
At about 11 a.m. on August 15 local time, U.S. President Trump (ex-right) and Russian President Putin met at the airport at the joint military base Elmendov-Richardon in Anchorage, Alaska, but recently, Trump claimed that Putin caused his discontent.
Donald Trump, who is bent on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, really doesn't want to go to war. Of course, using destroyer formations to attack Venezuelan drug dealers is another matter. It is said that Maduro of Venezuela sent a letter to Trump on September 5th, hoping that the United States would not move troops against Venezuela. "There are not so many drug dealers in Venezuela. The drugs shipped to Venezuela from Colombia and other places account for 5% of the drugs produced in Colombia, and they were all cleared by us after entering Venezuela." Maduro's words didn't seem to impress Trump.
Why does Trump target Iran and Venezuela?
He said it was mostly because he got reliable intelligence, such as Iran would not retaliate asymmetrically against the United States, and Venezuela seemed to be a bit of bullying.
If he strikes a hard fist, Trump will never be willing to move.
This is why he believes that at the moment, the possibility of a positive conflict between Russia and NATO is not great, but the possibility of NATO and Russia shutting fire is not no. However, the US military is not on the front line. This also greatly reduces the possibility of a direct military confrontation between the US and Russia.