US won't stop flying over the Black Sea, White House official says

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The United States will continue its operations in the Black Sea over the interception of Russian drones in international airspace, a White House official has said. John Kirby, the National Security Council's strategic communications coordinator, said: "If Russia wants to stop us from flying and operating in international airspace over the Black Sea, it will fail." "We will continue to fly and operate in international waters, in international airspace. The Black Sea is not a nation. And we will continue to do what we need to do in the interest of our national security in this part of the world. "The presence of US drones in the area is nothing new. "We have been flying continuously through that airspace for a year," he said, adding that there was no reason to de-escalate the conflict with Russia or inform Moscow before flying over the Black Sea. We don't need to do any check-in with Russia before flying over international airspace. '