A Air Force SU-27 fighter Russia It collided with a drone on Tuesday. United States of America According to the US Armed Forces, which condemns an “unsafe and unprofessional” maneuver of two Russian aircraft over international waters in the Black Sea.
The command of US forces in Europe confirmed this event in an early morning statement. One of the Russian fighters crashed into one of the propellers of the drone, and US officials took action. shoot him in the sea. “While our MQ-9 was conducting routine operations in international airspace, it was intercepted and shot down by a Russian aircraft, resulting in an accident and the complete disappearance of the MQ-9,” said Commander James B. Hecker. there is an “almost” total crash.
Hecker urged Russian forces to behave in a “professional and safe” manner in the region to the extent that the United States and its allies “will continue to operate in international airspace.” In this sense, Washington “a pattern of dangerous actions“By Russian pilots at a particularly sensitive moment due to the escalating tensions around Ukraine.
In fact, US forces are “miscalculation” and “unintentional escalation” from these tensions