Crimean authorities regard the intensification of the Ukrainian security forces near the borders of the Peninsula as a provocation and assure that there are enough forces to repel any potential threats, said 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Mikhail Sheremet. The commander of the southern military district of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Galkin first expressed concern about the activity of the United States and several European countries along the borders of the district, for example, close to Crimea. For example, with the end of 2014 over the Black sea and in the airspace of Ukraine periodically fly American strategic reconnaissance drones. "Received information that the drones from the Ukrainian side begin to fly around our territory. There is a confirmation of the presence of Ukrainian military ships close to our territorial boundaries