The Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev said in the broadcast of the TV channel: “Russia 1”He said the Russian Federation would try to retrieve the wreckage of the American MQ-9 drone that crashed in the Black Sea, but was not sure if that would be possible.
“I don’t know if we can get it or not, but what we have to do… And we will definitely do it… Hopefully for success, of course,” he said.
Patrushev noted that in the United States, participation in hostilities against Russia is constantly denied, but, according to him, the drone incident confirms the opposite.
At the same time, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, noted that the Russian Federation has the technical capabilities to detect and examine the remains of the MQ-9.
Earlier, the US Department of Defense reported that Russian Su-27s intercepted an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the sky over the water area, and one of them struck with its wing, damaging its propeller. As a result, he was “forced to drown” in the Black Sea by the Americans. The Russian Ministry of Defense denied using weapons and making physical contact with US planes. Fighterbomber Telegram channel published Video showing how a Russian Su-27 fighter pilot observes the flight of the US MQ-9 drone.