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Commenting on threats by a number of US senators, specifically Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, that Russian planes in international airspace should be shot down if they approach U.S. military equipment, Antonov pointed out that such calls by U.S. congressmen "exceed the limits of common sense".

It is also claimed that the Russian fighters did not open fire on the American aircraft, nor did they have any contact with it.
The announcement states that U.S. aircraft violated the boundaries of the regime area for the use of airspace over the Black Sea, which is why Russian fighter jets were sent to intercept it.

However, as Jutarnji list reports, such information has not been officially confirmed, because U.S. officials, for security reasons, never publicly state the degree of danger the country is in, but that assessment was stated on the website "defconlevel.com".
It is a site of analysts from open sources, as well as those connected with the American army.

"Putin has been planning this for months, we've been saying this for a long time. He has amassed more than 170.000 troops at the border. He has rejected all diplomatic efforts by the United States and allies. We have been warning for weeks that this will happen", Biden said.

As it was announced, the C-17 "Globemaster" planes with about 2.000 American soldiers took off from the Fort Bragg military base (North Carolina).
Most of the troops will be based in Poland, and the rest will be temporarily deployed in Germany.

US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people, including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport, news wires report.

Such a move is a consequence, among other things, of the situation in Afghanistan.

These are the "Guardian" armored vehicles.

Austin called for further work on the development of technology and better global military connections in order to "make decisions faster and act faster".
"Our struggle in the next great war will be very different from the previous ones," Austin said at the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii.

Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said U.S. regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed.