Russia warns of 'direct confrontation' with NATO in veiled threat to destroy US spy drones over the Black Sea as Kremlin declares West is 'falling into the abyss'

Russia on Friday warned of a ‘direct confrontation’ with NATO with thinly-veiled threats to destroy or disrupt US spy drones flying over the Black Sea. 

A statement issued today in Moscow by Putin’s new defence minister Andrey Belousov instructed his armed forces general staff to ‘take measures to respond promptly to provocations’ involving US surveillance drones over the Black Sea.

A separate warning from the Putin regime claimed Western leaders are falling into ‘the abyss of direct armed…