On March 14, the Russians shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is trying to provoke the United States into certain actions.

However, the Joe Biden administration is not ready for such a round of escalation, so there is unlikely to be radical action from the US. This opinion was voiced by Russian opposition politician Garry Kasparov to Channel 24 .

The United States is working on helping Ukraine, they are not up to the Kremlin's provocations

Today, the United States is actively working to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to defeat Russia. Obviously, the White House is not interested in this process being disrupted due to a new round of escalation and a potential direct clash with the aggressor country.

Therefore, most likely, Washington warned the Kremlin about the inadmissibility of such actions in the future, not only at the official diplomatic level, but also through private channels.

“Russia was warned that a repetition of such an incident could end not in the fall of an American drone, but in the fall of a Russian aircraft,” the Russian opposition leader suggested.

What is the purpose of Putin

The United States is a democratic state. Unfortunately, today there are still politicians with pro-Russian sentiments, in particular, former US President Donald Trump.

Putin is trying in every way to stir up these sentiments. Any conflict that attracts Americans at this level of confrontation can help the pro-Putin, anti-Ukrainian party in US politics, the Russian opposition politician said.

Now this anti-Ukrainian party has no real power and voice. However , Putin will constantly seek to split the Western elites . Moreover, elections are to be held in the United States in 2024, so the state is the main object of Putin's provocations.

Kasparov explained why Russia shot down the US drone: watch the video

Downing of an American drone: what is known

• On March 14, Russia shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone in the skies over the Black Sea. According to political scientist Igor Eidman, this incident is another standard provocation of the Kremlin, as it is afraid of throwing a serious challenge to Washington. Therefore, the Russians are trying to inflict at least such harm.
• After the Russians cynically shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper UAV, they also announced that they would look for its wreckage at the bottom of the Black Sea. The US believes that this has already happened. However, the Biden administration has made it impossible to obtain any sensitive information from the remains of the drone.
• NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov commented on the incident. In his opinion, the downing of a US drone by Russia is Putin's signal of readiness to expand the conflict zone with the involvement of other parties.