The US will summon the Russian ambassador over the collision of a Russian
fighter jet with a US drone over the Black Sea, the US state department’s
spokesperson Ned Price has said.

The US ambassador to Moscow conveyed a strong message to Russia’s foreign
affairs ministry, Price said, adding that US officials had briefed allies
and partners over the incident.

Russia’s defence ministry in a statement said that its fighters “did not
use airborne weapons and did not come into contact” with the US drone.

The ministry said fighters from its air defence forces were raised into
the air to identify the drone, which the ministry said was heading “in
direction of the state border of the Russian Federation”.

“As a result of sharp manoeuvring around 9.30 (Moscow time), the MQ-9
unmanned aerial vehicle went into uncontrolled flight with a loss of
altitude and collided with the water surface,” the ministry said, adding
that its fighter jets returned safely to their base.

Brig Gen Pat Ryder of the US air force is speaking at a news conference
after the collision of a Russian fighter jet with a US drone over the
Black Sea.

He cites a US European Command statement that said Russian aircraft
conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept with a US unmanned
aircraft that was operating within international airspace.

He said:

At approximately 7.03am CET, one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the
propeller of the MQ-9, causing US forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in
international waters. Several times before the collision, the Su-27s
dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless and
unprofessional manner.

This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being
unsafe and unprofessional.

He said such kinds of US aircraft had been flying over the Black Sea
region for some time, adding that it was an “important and busy
international waterway”.

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