"We proceed from the fact that the United States will refrain from further speculations in the media landscape and stop making sorties near the Russian borders.We perceive any actions involving the use of American weapons and military equipment as openly hostile." military would act in an uncompromising way and would not allow its airspace or territorial waters to be breached," he added. Air Force and Navy react? I am quite confident that the U.S. "Let us ask a rhetorical question: if, for example, a Russian strike drone appeared near New York or San Francisco, how would the U.S. "What do they do thousands of miles away from the United States? The answer is obvious they gather intelligence which is later used by the Kyiv regime to attack our armed forces and territory." "We are well aware of the missions such reconnaissance and strike drones are used for," the ambassador said in a communique quoted by TASS. The drone, he told Newsweek, was collecting intelligence to help Ukrainian units target Russian forces. report of the incident, instead claiming there was no physical contact or other undue harassment of the drone by Russian fighters. Isaac Brekken/Getty ImagesĪntonov denied the U.S. "This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional," Hecker added.Īn MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on Novemin Indian Springs, Nevada. One of the Russian aircraft then struck the Reaper's propeller, forcing it down into the sea, he said. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, said in a statement that the drone was flying over international waters and was lost after "the Su-27s dumped fuel on, and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner." Antonov later issued a communique condemning what he called "unacceptable actions of the United States military in the close proximity to our borders," according to Russia's state-run TASS news agency. The State Department summoned Ambassador Anatoly Antonov to explain the incident on Tuesday. to stop flying missions near Russia's borders. for Tuesday's incident in which the Air Force said one of its MQ-9 Reaper drones crashed into the Black Sea after being rammed by Russian Su-27 fighter jets and called on the U.S. report of the incident and claimed the drone was collecting intelligence to help Ukrainian units target Russian forces. The Russian ambassador denied the U.S. ![]() Hecker said the Russian jets performed an unprofessional, unsafe, and unacceptable action. for the incident in which a MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Black Sea after being harassed and rammed by Russian Su-27 fighter jets.
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