The U.S. military said the incident was caused by a mid-air collision after two Russian Su-27 fighter planes approached one of its drones on a reconnaissance mission over international waters
Moscow told Washington on Wednesday to keep well away from its air space after a U.S. drone intercepted by Russian jets crashed into the Black Sea, the first known direct confrontation between the superpowers since Russia invaded Ukraine.was caused by a mid-air collision after two Russian Su-27 fighter planes approached one of its MQ-9 Reaper drones on a reconnaissance mission over international waters.
In a statement published on the website of the U.S. embassy in Washington early on Wednesday, Russia’s ambassador Anatoly Antonov said the U.S. drone had “deliberately and provocatively” approached Russian air space. Elisabeth Braw, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, said it was a “very sensitive stage in this conflict because it really is the first direct contact that the public knows about between the West and Russia.”
Some Western and Ukrainian military experts have questioned whether it makes sense for Kyiv to continue the battle for Bakhmut, because of its own heavy losses there.
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