Here’s a closer look at the MQ-9 ‘Reaper’ drone, the U.S. air force aircraft that was downed in the Black Sea
on a reconnaissance mission over the Black Sea's international waters. The fighters harassed the drone and sprayed fuel on it before one clipped the drone's propeller, causing it to crash into the sea.
With relations between Washington and Moscow at their lowest point in decades, defence ministers from the two countries held a rare telephone conversation on Wednesday. At the news conference, Austin reiterated that the U.S. intended to continue flying wherever international law allowed and demanded Russian military aircraft operate in a safe and professional manner.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking on Wednesday at a news conference during an official visit to Ethiopia, said the Russian jets acted in a manner that was "reckless" and "unsafe". Kyiv, for its part, said the drone crash showed Moscow was willing to expand the conflict zone to draw in other countries.
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