The United States accused the Russian air force on Tuesday of having “intercepted and crashed” an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea and causing it to crash.. “This is a dangerous and unprofessional act on the part of the Russians,” said the commander of the US Air Force in Europe, James Hecker. The collision occurred in the airspace in front of the Ukrainian city of Odessa.
The Russian Army denied having caused the plane to crash, although it admitted that two of its fighters intercepted the US drone. “After a brutal maneuver, the drone began an uncontrolled flight and collided with the surface of the water,” the Russian Defense Ministry said, stating that the two fighters did not fire at the aircraft.
