![]() Sergei Aksenov, the Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, said he thinks Russia should act even more forcefully to put an end the U.S. actions "are fraught with escalation of the situation in the Black Sea area," the Defence Ministry said, warning that Russia "will respond in kind to all provocations." Russia also blamed "the intensification of intelligence activities against the interests of the Russian Federation." of provoking the incident by ignoring flight restrictions the Kremlin had imposed because of its military operations in Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said in its report of the call with Austin that Shoigu accused the U.S. military pilot explains what he sees, and what it reveals. and Russian defence and military leaders spoke Wednesday about the destruction of the drone, underscoring the event's seriousness.ĭuration 1:58 Featured VideoThe Pentagon releases video showing a Russian jet dumping fuel and ultimately bringing down a U.S. intelligence flights near the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 and illegally annexed. Moscow has repeatedly voiced concern about U.S. aircraft went down during such a confrontation, raising concerns it could bring the United States and Russia closer to a direct conflict. Russia and NATO member countries routinely intercept each other's warplanes, but the drone incident marked the first time since the Cold War that a U.S. Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, said Wednesday that Moscow would try to recover the drone fragments. "If they consider it necessary to do so in the Black Sea for the benefit of our interests and our security, they will do it," he said. Russia said its warplanes didn't strike the drone and claimed the unmanned aerial vehicle went down after making a sharp manoeuvre over the sea.Īsked Thursday if Russia would try to recover the drone debris, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters the decision was up to the military. The video excerpt released by the Pentagon does not show events before or after the apparent fuel-dumping confrontation. military said it ditched the MQ-9 Reaper in the sea after what it described as the Russian fighter making an unsafe intercept of the unmanned aerial vehicle. On a second approach, either the same jet or another Russian fighter that had been shadowing the MQ-9 struck the drone's propeller, damaging one blade, according to the U.S. Dumping the fuel appeared to be aimed at blinding its optical instruments and driving it out of the area. The 42-second video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said. air force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S.
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