Russia says jet didn't come in contact with drone

March 15, 2023 22:43

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A day after Russian Su-27 jet collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, Russian defence ministry said that its aircraft did not use on-board weapons, did not come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and returned safely to their home airfield.

The ministry said that the country's airspace control systems detected an American MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle flying over the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula in the direction of the state border of the Russian Federation on Tuesday.

"Fighter jets of the air defence force on duty scrambled to identify the intruder. As a result of quick manoeuvring around 9.30 am (Moscow time), the MQ-9 drone went into an unguided flight with a loss of altitude and collided with the water surface,' said the Russian defence ministry. -- ANI

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