While calling out Russia for “reckless” action, the White House tried to strike a balance to avoid exacerbating tensions. Russia said its fighters didn’t strike the drone and claimed the unmanned aerial vehicle went down after making a sharp maneuver. The video excerpt does not show the collision, although it does show the damage to the propeller. military, which said it then ditched the aircraft in the sea. On a second approach, either the same jet or another Russian Su-27 that had been shadowing the MQ-9 struck the drone’s propeller, damaging a blade, according to the U.S. Dumping the fuel appeared to be aimed at blinding the drone’s optical instruments to drive it from the area. military’s declassified 42-second color footage shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 Reaper drone and releasing fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said. Poland, meanwhile, said it’s giving Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO member to fulfill Kyiv’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes. sought to hold Russia responsible for the collision that led to the drone’s crash into the Black Sea without escalating already fraught tensions with the Kremlin. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Biden administration released video Thursday of a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S.
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