US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Russia’s actions in the incident, which occurred over the Black Sea with the US MQ-9 reconnaissance aircraft, were most likely not intentional.
“The crash of an American military reconnaissance plane into the Black Sea after it was intercepted by Russian aircraft was most likely an unintentional act by Russia.” Reuters.
Earlier, the US Armed Forces reported that Russian Su-27s intercepted an American MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance aircraft in the sky over the water area, hitting one of them with its wing, damaging its propeller. As a result, he was “forced to drown” by the Americans. at the Pentagon stressedthat the drone is not armed and is on a reconnaissance mission.
at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declarationIt was reported that the drone fell into the Black Sea due to a sudden maneuver.
In connection with the case of Anatoly Antonov, the Russian Ambassador to Washington in your name to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.