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Russia provocation in the drone incident: Schoigu honors jet pilots - there is a reason for it

2023-03-17T12:14:32.985Z


A US drone and a Russian fighter jet collided over the Black Sea on Tuesday. The Russian pilot has now received several awards.


A US drone and a Russian fighter jet collided over the Black Sea on Tuesday.

The Russian pilot has now received several awards.

  • Video

    reveals

    Kremlin lie

    : US authorities publish footage of the collision.

  • “Unacceptable

    actions

    by the

    US military

    ”: The Russian ambassador to the US has defended his government's actions.

  • Russia

    rejects

    allegations

    : Moscow reports a completely different story about the incident.

  • Incident

    over the

    Black Sea:

    Russia jet crashes into US drone

    Serious allegations from the USA.

Update from March 17, 10:40 a.m .:

The Russian pilot of the fighter jet, who collided with a US drone over the Black Sea, was honored for his service in Moscow on Friday.

As the state news agency RIA reported, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the pilot with several awards.

The Russian government cited “prevention of the violation of the borders of the special operations area by the American MQ-9 Reaper drone” as the reason for the awards.

A video published on Thursday (March 16) shows how the Russian jet touched the rotor of the drone during an overflight.

The UAV then crashed into the Black Sea.

The US government then spoke of a loss of control and a lack of skill on the part of the Russian pilot.

Drone incident: US information "highest level" of the Kremlin is said to have prompted action

Update from March 16, 4:10 p.m .:

The Russian leadership is said to have approved and approved the aggressive actions of the Russian fighter jet against a US drone.

This is reported by the US broadcaster NBC with reference to three officials familiar with the incident.

It was "the intention of the Russian leadership to intercept aggressively," said one of the officials.

The "highest level" of the Kremlin is said to have given its approval.

It is not known whether President Putin knew about the incident.

The collision between the two flying objects, which ultimately led to the crash of the drone, is said not to have been deliberately caused.

Government spokesman Ned Price reiterated this position on Wednesday.

He explained that an individual error by the pilot is said to have led to the collision.

Drone collision: video reveals Kremlin lie – US authorities publish recordings

Update from March 16, 11:30 a.m .:

The US government released video footage on Thursday of the incident over the Black Sea in which a Russian fighter jet collided with a US drone.

The almost 40-second recordings show how the fighter plane flies twice towards the US drone and releases fuel.

After the second approach, during which the collision apparently occurred, the image from the drone camera briefly breaks off.

Then the tail of the aircraft can be seen.

Visible damage can be seen on the propeller.

A spokesman for the US government said on Wednesday that the collision was not intentional.

The Russian pilot is said to have acted negligently and incompetently.

BREAKING: US military releases dramatic declassified video taken by MQ-9 Reaper drone that shows the moment that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with it after attempting to spray the drone with jet fuel.

https://t.co/XGoVQN7ppJ pic.twitter.com/X9vH6qtFGf

— ABC News (@ABC) March 16, 2023

Drone Incident: US Considers Release of Video Footage After Collision

Update from March 16, 7:19 a.m

.: After the drone crash over the Black Sea, the US government may want to publish footage of the incident.

"We are still reviewing videos and photos to determine what we can release," US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in Washington on Wednesday (March 15).

"We have video evidence of all of this," said US Chief of Staff Mark Milley.

The US could use the material to substantiate its claim that a Russian fighter jet rammed an American military drone in the incident.

The Russians had denied any responsibility for the crash and accused the Americans of provocation.

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A US drone model "Reaper" has crashed after colliding with a Russian fighter jet.

© Technical Sgt. James L. Harper J/dpa

US-Russia drone incident: Austin and Shoigu on the phone

Update from March 15, 7:15 p.m .:

After the incident with an American drone and two Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin held a telephone conversation, according to information from Moscow.

The Russian state agency TASS quoted the Ministry of Defense in Moscow as saying that the talks took place at the initiative of the American side.

An unnamed US official told US broadcaster CNN that Chief of Staff Mark Milley would also be on the phone with his Russian counterpart.

Update from March 15, 12:45 p.m .:

The military expert Gerhard Mangott rated the incident over the Black Sea in an interview with fr.de from IPPEN.MEDIA as “very risky”.

The incident harbors a “great risk of escalation”.

Russia fighter jet collides with US drone: Kiev defends mission

Update from March 15, 10:40 a.m .:

The Ukrainian Air Force has defended the use of the US drone over the Black Sea.

"The Black Sea is not an inland sea of ​​Russia, as they occupied the Sea of ​​Azov and consider it theirs," Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, said in a TV interview.

NATO member Turkey is also one of the countries bordering the Black Sea.

The US drone should have been allowed to operate there on a legal basis.

"Unacceptable actions by US military": Russian ambassador defends actions

Update from March 15, 8:05 a.m .:

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has defended Moscow against criticism of a Russian fighter jet colliding with a US drone.

"The unacceptable actions of the US military in close proximity to our borders are a cause for concern," Antonov said, according to US media.

One is "very well aware of the tasks for which such reconnaissance and combat drones are used." In his statement, Antonov accused the USA of using such drones to collect information "that will later be used by the Kiev regime, our armed forces and attack territories".

Update from March 14, 10:24 p.m .:

The Russian ambassador to the United States has arrived at the State Department in Washington.

The USA had summoned him after the incident over the Black Sea.

Anatoly Antonov met with Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Karen Donfried.

According to CNN, the visit lasted almost 30 minutes.

Antonov made it clear that Russia did not want a "confrontation" with the United States.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried has expressed U.S. concern about the incident, the report said.

In addition, "our comments on this subject were exchanged because we have some differences of opinion".

Antonov spoke of a "constructive conversation".

He also repeated the Russian point of view: According to this, the Russian jet did not touch or attack the US drone, rather it crashed by itself.

In addition, Russia accuses the United States that the drone entered a special secured airspace that was set up during the Ukraine war and about which the United States had been informed in advance.

Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine

Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine

Russia denies allegations in fighter jet drone incident

Update from March 14, 8:23 p.m .:

The US Air Force has made serious allegations against Russia after the incident over the Black Sea.

Moscow is now reacting and denying everything: On Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense denied any responsibility in connection with the crash of a US drone over the Black Sea.

The drone was neither shot at nor attacked in any other way, according to a statement distributed by the state agency TASS.

A Russian Air Force alarm squad was deployed to identify an unknown intruder over the Black Sea.

During a sharp evasive maneuver, the drone rapidly lost altitude and fell into the sea, according to the Russian military.

"The Russian warplanes did not use any onboard weapons, did not come into contact with the UAV and returned safely to their home base."

Russia fighter jet collides with US drone: ZDF expert sees “unique event”

Update from March 14, 7:30 p.m .:

The incident over the Black Sea, in which a Russian “Su-27” fighter jet and an American “MQ-9 Reaper” drone collided over international waters, are causing concern around Ukraine -War caused a stir.

Russian fighter jet collides with US drone: Black Sea incident concerned

According to ZDF Washington correspondent Claudia Bates, this is a one-off incident.

“Such encounters in international airspace do happen.

But this is an unusual provocation by the Russian pilots.

The drone was traveling in international airspace and would have carried out a routine operation there," Bates reported in the "heute journal", citing the US armed forces: "The pilots would then first have drained fuel over the drone and finally touched it, causing it to had to be taken from the sky by the Americans.

And that is actually a one-off process.”

The US would make it very clear "that Russia acted here on purpose and condemned it very strongly," Bates said.

According to the ZDF Washington correspondent, the respective foreign ministries would first contact each other to clarify the background to the military incident.

The "MQ-9 Reaper" drone is a reconnaissance drone, but it can also carry air-to-surface missiles.

First report from March 14:

Munich – In the context of the Ukraine war, there has apparently been a military incident between the US armed forces and the Russian air force.

Over the Black Sea: Apparently a US drone and a Russian fighter jet collide

A US MQ-9 Reaper drone and a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collide, according to the US news magazine

Politico

.

Accordingly, the Americans have to crash the drone over international waters after the collision.

According to the report, the "Su-27" hit the propeller of the American drone.

Prior to the collision, the Russian fighter jet allegedly "dumped fuel and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, polluting and unprofessional manner.

This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional,"

Politico

quoted the US armed forces as saying.

Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, the transatlantic defense alliance NATO has been intensifying its activities over the Black Sea.

The US news site

CNN

also reports on the incident, according to which two Sukhoi Su-27 air superiority fighters are said to have flanked the drone.

"One of the jets then damaged the Reaper's propeller, which is mounted on the drone's tail,"

CNN

quoted a US official as saying.

Black Sea near Ukraine: Russian "Su-27" apparently crashes US drone

The official statement by US Air Force General James B. Hecker, commander of US Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, said in the evening: “Around 7:03 a.m. (CET) one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft hit the propeller of the MQ-9, resulting in US forces having to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters.

Before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel several times and flew in front of the MQ-9s in a reckless, polluting and unprofessional manner.

This incident shows a lack of competence and is not only unsafe and unprofessional.”

This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional.

US Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker (Source: CNN)

The almost eleven meters long and around 20 meters wide "MQ-9 Reaper" is used for so-called close air support, ergo, airspace surveillance and the exploration of strategic areas.

It can carry air-to-surface missiles and anti-tank guided missiles.

Black Sea: Does the US support Ukraine with reconnaissance drones?

In recent months it has been repeatedly suspected that the USA is using drone reconnaissance to support the Ukrainians in their defense campaign against the Russian invasion. The Americans, together with other NATO partners, maintain an air force base in Constanta, Romania, on the Black Sea coast.

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