UK defence minister Ben Wallace says the apparent accident is not a deliberate escalation of tensions
London — A Russian fighter jet released a missile near an unarmed British spy plane patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea on September 29, UK defence minister Ben Wallace said, in an apparent accident and not a deliberate escalation of tensions.
“We don’t consider this a deliberate escalation by the Russians, our analysis would concur it was a malfunction,” Wallace told parliament. Wallace visited Washington earlier this week, prompting speculation as to whether a specific threat or piece of intelligence had prompted the trip.
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