Surprising development in crisis: ‘Russians found downed US UAV’
A very important claim came from the Russian press about the unmanned aerial vehicle that confronted Russia and the United States over the Black Sea.
The US European Forces Command (EUCOM) announced that two Russian Su-27 jets harassed the US MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle in the Black Sea, and the MQ-9 crashed in deep seas. internationals when one of the planes crashed. Describing the incident as “very dangerous and unprofessional”, the US summoned the Russian ambassador in Washington to the Foreign Ministry.
The Russian Defense Ministry, on the other hand, denied that the fighter jet hit the US drone in the incident, arguing that the drone crashed as a result of a “sudden maneuver”. The Russian ambassador in Washington, Anatoli Antonov, also claimed that the US UAV was carrying out a mission to bring information to the Ukrainian military.
US SAID ‘IT MUST NOT FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS’
The US Department of Defense responded to Russia yesterday with video showing Russian warplanes passing by and damaging a US military drone.
Meanwhile, after the crisis between the US and Russia, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said they did not want the crashed MQ-9 drone to “fall into the wrong hands.” “.
There has been a new development in tension, which is the first direct contact between Russian and US forces since the Ukraine war. According to Russian media, Russia managed to detect the US drone in the Black Sea.
According to ForPost newspaper news published in Crimea, based on a Russian Foreign Ministry official, the MQ-9 Reaper UAV was found at a depth of 900 meters in the sea. It has been suggested that work continues to remove the UAV, which was detected by an underwater robot.
There was no official statement from Russia regarding the accusation.
CAN RUSSIA KEEP US SECRETS?
US military officials warn that Russia may seize the crashed drone and gain access to information on US military technology. Some military officials say there is little data on the drone and the risk of information leaking is low, even if Russia gets it.
The Wall Street Journal, one of the main US media organs, recalled that after the invasion of Ukraine, Turkey closed the Strait to warships and that there was no US ship in the Black Sea, it would be difficult to find the UAV shot down. .