Russian MiG-31K patrols over Black Sea meant to cool off hawkish Western hotheads — expert
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Vasily Kashin, director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the HSE University believes that such patrols will not only serve as a deterrent at a time when Washington is deploying US Navy warships to the eastern Mediterranean, but will also make it more difficult for Ukraine to sound air alerts