The European Command of the US Army released this Thursday Declassified footage of the incident between a Russian fighter jet ‘Su-27’ and caused the crash of an American plane and unmanned ship over Black Sea waters.
As reported by the United States command in a statement, The footage “shows the moment when a Russian aircraft intercepted an ‘MQ-9’ drone of the US Air Force in an unsafe and unprofessional manner. In international airspace over the Black Sea on 14 March”.
american command it also presents a storyboard of how this event took place in the Black Sea.It featured another Russian fighter, which heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow and put the war in Ukraine in the background.
According to the scenario of this video andThe event begins with a Russian plane approaching behind the American ‘MQ-9’.. Shortly after the Kremlin flight begins to release fuel into its path and while it does, it flies over the drone.
In just a few minutes, the Russian ‘Su-27’ begins a second approach towards the ‘MQ-9’. releases fuel again and passes closer to the drone.
Immediately after, Russian plane collided with drone and ‘MQ-9’ camera image disappeared It describes the US command for about 60 seconds. When the camera recovers the transmission, it can be seen that the propeller and one of the supports of the drone are damaged..
After the event, The US government assured him that it had to drop the drone into Black Sea waters. and blamed Moscow for what he said was deliberate.
In its place, The Russian Ministry of Defense denied any contact between its fighters and the drone.According to the Kremlin’s version, it took a sudden uncontrolled flight and collided with the sea after a sudden loss of altitude.
The incident occurred near Ukraine’s annexed peninsula of Crimea, where Moscow frowned upon NATO’s presence, whether warships or reconnaissance and surveillance devices.