A video circulating on social media allegedly shows a drone, purportedly from the U.S., flying over the Black Sea before being grounded.
Whether the video is a simulation or not, the original post suggests it has nothing to do with the MQ-9 and is merely meant to be demonstrative of what the encounter may have looked like.
Although that does not mean we can rule out that the footage is authentic, particularly so soon after it was released, based on what information is available the claim should be treated with skepticism.The video is thought to have been shared from a Russian Telegram account and, according to a translation, was meant to demonstrate what the encounter between Russian fighter jets and the MQ-9 drone may have looked like.
This was later shared as proof of the encounter without corroboration. Although its authenticity is yet to be fully verified, whether or not the footage is real, its provenance suggests it is not the aircraft taken down over the Black Sea.Unverified: The claim could be true or false, but there is at the time of publication insufficient publicly-available evidence to prove so either way.
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