The Russian army denies having caused the fall of the American drone

The Russian army admitted that two of its hunters had intercepted an American drone in the Black Sea on Tuesday, but assured that they had neither hit it nor caused it to fall, contrary to what Washington announced.

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“As a result of a sharp maneuver (…) the MQ-9 drone started an uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude and hit the surface of the water,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. , specifying that the two hunters had not fired and had not had “contact” with the drone.

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