According to the Russian side, “the unmanned aircraft, due to its sharp maneuver, fell into an uncontrolled flight with a loss of height and fell on the water surface.”
In his so far first and long overdue comment, the Russian Ministry of Defense gave his own version of the downing of a US drone today in the Black Sea region, denying that there was any contact with the MQ-9 and claiming that the American UAV violated a temporary no-fly zone.
“On the morning of Tuesday, March 14 of this year, in the basin of the M. Sea, in the area of ​​the Crimean peninsula, the airspace control means of the Russian Aerospace Forces recorded the flight of an American MQ-9 type unmanned aircraft in the direction of the Russian border Federation“, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced, according to the TASS news agency.
As the Russian ministry argued, “the flight was carried out with disabled transponders and in violation of the zone limits of the temporary regime of the prohibition of the use of airspace, which has been established for the purposes of conducting the special military operation (including the war in Ukraine) and has been communicated to all users of the international airspace and published in accordance with international rules».
According to the Russian side, “the unmanned aircraft, due to its sharp maneuver, went into an uncontrolled flight with a loss of height and fell on the water surface».
“The Russian fighters did not use their weapons systems, did not engage the drone and returned safely to their air base“, concludes the comment of the Russian Ministry of Defense, relayed by the Russian media.
Source :Skai
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