The White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator, John Kirby, said the United States had launched an MQ-9 Reaper UAV of a Russian Su-27 fighter jet in the Black Sea – the drone crashed into the water as a result of the interference. TASS.
“The State Department plans to contact Russian officials and directly raise our concerns about this incident,” Kirby said.
The official representative of the White House also forwarded all questions from American journalists to the State Department.
Former US European Command (EUCOM) approved Destroying an MQ-9 Reaper UAV over the Black Sea, allegedly colliding with a Russian Su-27 fighter.
EUCOM claimed that the pilot of the Russian fighter jet had dumped fuel several times before flying in front of the drone, and the US military claimed this was “unprofessional” and “dangerous”.