US drone destroyed by Russian plane collision in Black Sea

The American drone was completely destroyed as a result of a collision with a Russian warplane while flying over the Black Sea. The United States strongly protested the incident and summoned the Russian ambassador to Washington.

The US military says that the US drone MQ-9 crashed in the Black Sea after being intercepted by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet.

According to officials, the US drone was on routine operations in international airspace when a Russian warplane attempted to intercept the US MQ-9 Reaper drone.

American officials say that the Russian plane collided with the drone in an attempt to stop the drone, as a result of the collision, the American drone was completely destroyed.

US military officials have described the action by the Russian jets as “unsafe” and “unprofessional”.

American military officials said that despite the incident, the US and its allies will continue their operations in the region.

On the other hand, America strongly protested the incident and summoned the Russian ambassador to Washington.

Commenting on the incident, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that an American drone was moving towards Crimean airspace and Russian borders in the Black Sea and two Russian fighter jets took off to intercept it.

Denying the allegation that the aircraft collided, the statement said that the Russian aircraft did not collide with the American drone.

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