U.S. official : Plan is `` provocative and potentially destabilizing '' Ukraine : Patrols could include the the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean . That would bring the flights close to Ukraine territorial waters . And not only have the encounters escalated , so have the risks . Russia sending a message over U.S. actions in U.S. , analyst says .
U.S. official : Plan is `` provocative and potentially destabilizing '' Ukraine : Patrols could include the the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean . That would bring the flights close to Ukraine territorial waters . Russia sending a message over U.S. actions in U.S. , analyst says .