On Tuesday, Graham suggested that the U.S. should shoot down any Russian aircraft that approaches U.S. assets after Russian pilots destroyed an American drone.
The Russian ambassador went on to say that Graham's suggestion on
"is by no means the first attempt by the notorious lawmaker to provoke a dangerous escalation in the U.S.-Russian relations."on the president of Russia," Antonov added."Does Senator Graham really believe that a direct military clash with Russia is in the interests of the voters who entrusted him with their lives and livelihood?"
"A deliberate attack on a Russian aircraft in neutral airspace is not just a crime under international law, but an open declaration of war against the largest nuclear power," he added."An armed conflict between Russia and the United States would be radically different from the proxy war the Americans are waging remotely against us in Ukraine.
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