The United States will limit the flights of Russian military aircraft over its territory
The US is preparing to take a decision on restriction of flights for military aviation of Russia under the Treaty on open skies.
“The us authorities are preparing to announce the imposition of restrictions on Russian military flights over U.S. territory under the open skies Treaty, which is another sign of tension between the US and Russia”, – stated in the message.
The reason for this decision was the flight of Russian military aircraft over Washington in August, and also over the city of Belminster when there was a President of the United States Donald trump.
However, in the Pentagon declare that the reason for the restrictions are other breaches of contract on the part of Russia. In the example of the Kremlin’s decision to close the sky over the Kaliningrad oblast that can accommodate modern weapons systems Russia.
The Treaty on open skies was signed at the end of the cold war in the framework of agreements on arms control, transparency and confidence-building. The document allows 34 countries to carry out observation flights over the territory of each of the participating countries, as well as to carry out aerial photography of military personnel and equipment.
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