The European command of the US military released the video of the impact between a US surveillance drone and a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea on
Tuesday
. air, which according to the Pentagon lasted 30-40 minutes
.
The video shows the MQ-9 Reaper drone's camera pointing back at its tail and the drone's propeller, which is mounted on the back, spinning.
Then, a Russian Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jet is shown approaching.
As it approaches, reports CNN, the Russian fighter unloads fuel while intercepting the US drone.
In another part of the footage, the Russian jet makes another pass.
As it gets closer, it dumps fuel again.
The drone video is then cut short as the Russian fighter jet collides with the MQ-9 Reaper, damaging the propeller and forcing the US to shoot down the drone in the Black Sea. Russia has denied that a collision occurred .
When the camera comes back online in the movie, the view is pointed back again and the
propeller is shown damaged from the collision.
With the propeller damaged, drone operators actually flew the plane like a glider as it descended over the Black Sea, shooting it down over international waters southwest of Crimea.
The death toll from a fire that took place today in the headquarters of the border guards of the Russian security services (FSB) in Rostov, the capital of the homonymous region bordering on Ukraine, is one dead and two injured.
This was reported by the emergency services, cited by the Tass.
Some witnesses cited by Telegram channels said they heard an explosion before the flames broke out, a detail confirmed by the emergency services, according to statements to local media.
The cause of the fire was a short circuit in the internal electrical system: this was stated by the governor of the region Vasily Golubev on his Telegram channel, as reported by Tass.
"According to preliminary results, the fire was caused by a short circuit in the internal electrical wiring. The fire spread caused containers with fuel and lubricants to explode," Golubev wrote, adding that two walls collapsed.
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