Russian fighter plane collided with American drone over The Black Sea, according to a statement from the United States military on Tuesday.
The fighter plane hit the propeller of United State military Reconnaissance drone “Reaper” forces the United States to bring in downthe military He said.
Our MQ-9 was performing routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted hit By a Russian plane, which led in a crash And complete Loss of General James Hecker, commander of the US Air Force MQ-9, said: of US Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces in Africa.
“in factthis unsafe and unprofessional work by almost all Russians caused Both planes to crash. “
Russia defense The ministry said its fighter jets did not come into contact with Claiming that an American drone crashed in the Black Sea earlier instead that the plane crashed due to a “sharp maneuver”.
Russian fighters did not use Their weapons on the plane, they did not come into contact with The drone returned safely to home airport ” defense The ministry said.
Russian objections over The Black Sea was common, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington, but this one Noteworthy because of how It was unsafe and unprofessional. indeed reckless that he was.”
NATO diplomats in Brussels confirmed the incident but said it did not expect it to immediately escalate into another confrontation.
western military The source speaks to AFP on condition of Anonymity, he said that the diplomatic channels between Russia and the United States can help limit any fall-out.
“In my opinion, diplomatic channels will mitigate that,” the source said.
Russia invasion of Ukraine in February last year This led to an escalation of fears of Direct confrontation between Moscow and NATO military The coalition that was arming Kyiv to help fend for themselves.
News of missile strike in eastern Poland in November last year Briefly caused Western alert military Sources concluded that he was Ukrainian air Missile defense disabled, not Russian one.
