A U.S. official said the footage “absolutely confirms” the Russian aircraft crashed into the U.S. drone, after Russia claimed it didn’t make contact.
the U.S. drone’s failure was the result of a “sharp maneuver” and its aircraft did not actually collide with the drone.following the incident that while such intercepts are “not uncommon” over the Black Sea, this one was “noteworthy because of how unsafe and unprofessional it was … in causing the downing of one of our aircraft.”
The U.S. has said the drone was “conducting routine operations in international airspace” at the time of the collision, and vowed Tuesday that it will “continue to operate in international airspace.”Thursday the “highest levels of the Kremlin” had approved the fighter jet going after the U.S. drone, after the U.S. had previously speculated the incident might have been an act of recklessness rather than being intentional.the U.S.
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