Breaking: Pentagon releases video it says shows Russian aircraft dumping fuel on U.S. Air Force drone over Black Sea
in international airspace over the Black Sea.
The U.S. military said it ditched the MQ-9 Reaper in the sea Tuesday after the Russian fighter jet poured fuel on the unmanned aerial vehicle and then struck its propeller. The calls with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday were the first since October.
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