"Let's express concern": the US will discuss with Russia the interception of MQ-9 Reaper drone

At the same time, the journalist The Baily Beast Shennon Vavra is known that after the MQ-9 Reaper was beaten in the Black Sea, the State Department called the Russian Ambassador for a serious conversation. "The State Department will call Russia Ambassador in its department to express" decisive denial "against Russia's behavior," she wrote. Vavra also said that the State Department of Ned Price told about it.

As reported on the website of the US Forces Command in Europe, before the MQ-9 Reaper was beaten in the Black Sea, Russian fighters showed dangerous behavior. However, according to US Air Force Commander General James Heker, US UAVs and Allied drones will continue flights in the international airspace. "We urge the Russians to behave professionally and safely," he said.

US military noted that at about 07:03 one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft hit the UAV on the screw, which resulted in the US forces to drown the drone in international waters. Several times before the collision, the Russian planes dumped fuel and flew in front of the drone in an "environmentally hazardous and unprofessional manner". The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation responded to the incident. They stated that the flight of the American drone was allegedly recorded over the Crimean.

Moreover, it allegedly moved, breaking the boundaries of the temporary mode of use of airspace established for the so -called "one's". "For the purpose of identifying the offender in the air, fighters were raised from the regular forces. Due to sharp maneuvering in the area of ​​9. 30 (MSC), the MQ-9 unmanned aircraft went into unmanaged flight with height loss and collided with a water surface,"-said department.

Roszma also reported that the fragments of the drone were probably selected by Russian military. After the MQ-9 Reaper was beaten in the Black Sea, a briefing was conducted in the Pentagon dedicated to the incident. On it, the official representative of the Patrick Ryder Patrick Dider refused to clarify whether the UAK's nose was some weapons. He also did not voice whether the United States would lift UAV and denied that such actions were carried out by the Russians.