A Russian Su-27 fighter jet hit the propeller of an American drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash in the Black Sea in an incident that the US military called "irresponsible and reckless". the incident.
The United States summoned the Russian ambassador for a conversation.
Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets conducted a reckless interception of the American drone before one of them crashed into it at 8 a.m. Several times before the collision, the fighter jets dumped fuel on the MQ 9 drone - possibly in an attempt to damage it - and flew in front of it as they carried out Unsafe maneuvers, the US military said.
A Russian fighter jet intercepts a UAV in a NATO exercise (photo: screenshot, US Air Force)
"Our aircraft was conducting a routine operation in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian fighter jet, which led to the loss of control of the drone and its crash into the sea," said General James Hecker of the US Air Force, who commands the area. "This is an unprofessional and unsafe action by the Russians which almost caused the two fighter jets to crash." No response was received from Moscow.
The White House said that the incident was indeed unique, but would be discussed directly with Moscow. "The Foreign Ministry will speak directly with its Russian counterparts and express our concern due to this unprofessional and unsafe incident," said a spokesman The National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby. Likewise, the spokesman of the United States Department of State, Ned Price, announced that he would invite the Russian ambassador to Washington for a conversation.
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