Aleksei Meșkov, the ambassador of Russia in France says that "there will be war" if NATO shoots down a Russian plane

Aleksei Meșkov, the ambassador of Russia in France, gave a direct response about how Moscow would react in the event that its planes are shot down in the airspace of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

In an intervention on Tuesday at the UN, US President Donald Trump hinted that NATO countries should shoot down Russian planes that violate their airspace.

Aleksei Meșkov, the ambassador of Russia in France, reacted on Thursday to this statement by Donald Trump on the French radio station RTL. According to him, if such an act were committed, "it would be war."