There they announced that the drone violated the “borders of the area of the temporary airspace use regime”.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation assures that the American drone MQ-9 Reaper , who was shot down by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet in the international airspace over the Black Sea in the morning of March 14, actually caused the accident himself, and the flight was carried out with “violations”. Propaganda mass media published the relevant statement.
According to the “data” of the Russians, the reconnaissance and strike drone of the United States was flying “in the area of Crimea”, “in the direction of the border of the Russian Federation”.
The UAV allegedly violated the boundaries of “the area of the temporary airspace use regime established for the purposes of a special military operation (the Kremlin's name for the war against Ukraine – ed.)”, and its transceiver was turned off.
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The occupiers claim that they warned all users of international airspace about this so-called area and published messages “in accordance with international norms”. the fighters did not use airborne weapons, did not come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle and safely returned to the base airfield,” the enemy Ministry of Defense explained.
At the same time, the “real” reason for the fall of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone was named there “sharp maneuvering” as a result of which the vehicle allegedly went into uncontrolled flight, lost altitude and “came into contact with the water”.
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Earlier, the spokesman for the US National Security Council, John Kirby, warned that Washington with Moscow after the aggressor country shot down an American drone over the Black Sea and “will clearly express its concern”. According to him, today's episode is “unique in how dangerous, unprofessional and reckless Russia's actions were”.
