On March 12, Russian aircraft shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone over the Black Sea. Moreover, the Russians said that if a new drone appeared there, they would shoot it down as well.

Such statements can lead to the fact that Russia “plays out” and regrets. Andrey Piontkovsky, a Russian opposition politician and publicist, told Channel 24 about this.

For 15 years, Vladimir Putin has been engaged in nuclear blackmail of the world. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned the Kremlin what would happen if Russia used nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the oppositionist stressed.

We are talking about the fire destruction of the entire Russian grouping on the territory of Ukraine, the Black Sea Fleet. And unofficially it was added that Putin would simply be killed,” Piontkovsky noted.

After that, the rhetoric of the Russians changed dramatically, saying that they did not think about a nuclear war, that even without nuclear weapons they would be able to destroy the infrastructure of Ukraine with conventional strikes.

Why NATO avoids going to war

The oppositionist is convinced that if the Russians continue such operations with American reconnaissance equipment, “then the Russian army will be finished within a few days.”

Piontkovsky is convinced that so far the Americans have not done this, because several hundred NATO troops are likely to die within a few days. In addition, Putin can strike at some European city, which will also lead to great casualties.

Americans really do not want to pay with blood, they try to avoid it in every possible way. But Putin can achieve their direct participation, and then everything will be over in a few days,” the publicist summed up.

Piontkovsky commented on Russian provocations: watch video

Rammstein-10 Results: Key Features

• The tenth meeting of Rammstein was held on March 15 in an online format.
• Denmark provides Ukraine with a 140 million euro military aid package. It will include weapons requested by Ukraine: ammunition for small arms and machine guns, anti-tank mines, missiles for air defense.
• Sweden gives Ukraine 10 Leopard-2 tanks. Norway hands over 2 NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine.
• Alexei Reznikov said that he was very pleased with the results of the meeting.