New York: A big news has come amid the tension between Russia and America, after which there is a possibility of increasing tension between the two superpowers. According to the US military, there has been a collision between a Russian jet and an American surveillance drone over the Black Sea. After this collision, the American drone was completely destroyed. On this incident, the European Command of the US Army has issued a statement saying that on Tuesday, March 14, a Russian Sukhoi-27 fighter aircraft collided with an American surveillance MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea. The collision took place when the US Reaper drone and two Russian Sukhoi fighter jets were circling the International Sea Boundary over the Black Sea.
What is Black Sea?
America has claimed that their drone was badly damaged in this collision. The US Army also claims that the Russian fighter jet has also crashed after the collision. Actually, the Black Sea is the place where the borders of Russia and Ukraine meet. Russian fighter jets and American drones keep flying at this place. The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for the last one year, due to which there is tension in the entire area, but this is the first time such an incident has happened.
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‘Russian fighter jet was deliberately targeting American drone’
The first information about this whole incident has come from America itself. America has said that this incident happened when America’s Reaper drone and two Russian fighter jets Sukhoi-27 were circling over the Black Sea. The US Army claims that a Russian fighter jet was deliberately targeting the American drone repeatedly when the jet suddenly came in front of the drone and oil started falling from the jet. The US military has also claimed that several times before the collision sukhoi fighter jet spilled oil on the drone. During this, the Russian jet damaged the propeller of the drone. After this loss, the American forces were forced to sink the drone in the Black Sea.
What did the Pentagon say?
Both the US Defense and Foreign Departments have given statements regarding the incident. the pentagon Has said that America’s drone was circling in the international airspace and whatever happened was very wrong. At the same time, the State Department has said that they are talking to senior Russian officers in this matter. Along with this, we are also giving information about this to our ally countries.
US State Department spokesman Edward Price said, “We have spoken at the highest level to inform our allies and partners about this incident. Whatever we are getting to know, we are telling them. In response to your questions, we would like to say that we are again engaging directly with Russia at a senior level to express our strong objections to this unsafe, unprofessional confrontation.
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Meanwhile, Ambassador Lynne Tracy has a strong message for the Russian Foreign Ministry. he/she said, “We are not in a position to talk about what the Russians want to do. We are not in a position to talk about what might have been their intention. We are in a position to talk about what happened and what happened was an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver by a Russian aircraft, a maneuver that also lacked the capability to require the US military to bring down this unmanned aircraft. Fell This is again the result of these actions of Russia. We can tell about them but cannot tell their intentions.
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