International desk: Before the collision with the crashed drone of the United States, the Russian warplane flew close to the drone for 30 to 40 minutes, according to the US State Department Pentagon.
The Russian Defense Ministry, however, says that there have been no incidents of Russian warplanes approaching or interacting with US drones. Not even weapons were used in the sky. CNN news.
Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said this on Tuesday (March 14).
He said, “30 to 40 minutes before the collision, the Russian Su-27 fighter jet flew at close range with the MQ-9 drone, and then the collision took place.” As a result, the drone was destroyed. Debris fell into the international waters of the Black Sea. But he was not found.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, “A US MQ-9 flying along the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea towards the Russian border was intercepted by Russian air defense systems.” The MQ-9 drone went into uncontrolled flight mode and crashed in the international waters of the Black Sea around 9:30 a.m. Moscow local time on Tuesday morning after repeatedly changing its course at the fastest time on Tuesday morning.
The Russian Ministry of Defense says, “No weapon was used from the Russian warplane.”
