The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, said in the broadcast of the TV channel: “Russia 1”That the US has ignored the fact that the Black Sea coastal areas have a limited status for flights since launching a special military operation in Ukraine.
He added that the US’s defiant disregard for limiting factors amounts to provocation.
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.
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev declarationHe said that the Russian Federation will try to retrieve the wreckage of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed into the Black Sea.
Antonov, Russian Ambassador to the United States reportedHe denied all the allegations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the crash of the MQ-9 Reaper UAV in the Black Sea.