Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it handed the U.S. embassy in Moscow a protest note over incidents near Russia’s borders, coming one day after President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova alleged Wednesday that the United States and NATO engaged in “military activity” such as “flights and dangerous maneuvers by naval ships” near Russian borders “The American military and their NATO allies have moved on to provocations against civilian aircraft, which endangers the safety of the airspace and human lives,” Zakharova said in a statement. As a result, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was handed a “note of protest” on Dec. 8 over the alleged incidents, she said. Russia, Ukraine, and NATO have all stepped up military exercises as tensions have mounted in the past month. Russian military aircraft were scrambled on Wednesday to escort French Rafale and Mirage fighter jets flying over the …