The Kremlin has approved "aggressive action" on American MQ-9 reaper,-media

According to American officials familiar with intelligence data, the Russians were likely to knock down the MQ-9 Reaper drone from the course or prevent him from monitoring. The Kremlin's higher leadership approved the "aggressive actions" of the Russian Federation fighters against the US MQ-9 unmanned aircraft over the Black Sea on February 14. NBC News writes about it, citing three American high -ranking officials with intelligence data.

One of the officials indicated that there was no evidence that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is personally based on the decision to kill the American drone. Two more officials noted that the Russians probably intended to knock down the UAV from the course or prevent him from monitoring. According to one of the officials, it was "the intention of the Russian leadership to act aggressively while intercepting.

" In this case, informants tend to believe that the fall of the drone was not the purpose of the Russian Federation, but rather a mistake of the pilot. This is confirmed by a video modeled in the United States. "What we do not know is how intentional the clash with the drone was. Maybe it was just a reckless, incompetent behavior of the pilot," said a representative of the National Security Council John Kirby.

The US Defense Ministry and Presidential Administration Joe Baiden claim that Russian representatives have already accessed the MQ-9 Reaper accident and are looking for debris. The Chairman of the Joint Committee of Chiefs of Staff, General Milly, said the United States has switched off the MQ-9 Reaper software, so the Kremlin would not be able to access classified information, even if UAV is collected.

On Tuesday, March 14, in the international airspace above the Black Sea, the Su-27 Federal Sea of ​​the Armed Forces collided with the US military drone MQ-9 Reaper. According to the journalists, the Russian aircraft dropped the fuel in front of the UAV, resulting in damaging the drone propeller. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the MQ-9 reaper is not involved in the UAV disaster. The department claims that they did not contact the drone and did not use weapons.

Following the US UAV incident, the US Ambassador Anatoly Antonov was summoned, who said Moscow did not intend to confront with Washington. The Russian diplomat also argues that the Kremlin "informed about this space, which was defined as a zone of special military operation.