Russian Jet Collides With US Drone: Tension seems to be increasing once again between Russia and America. On Tuesday (March 14), the US has openly warned Russia about the crash of the US MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone in the Black Sea.
US Senate Chuck Schumer while inaugurating an event on Tuesday said, "I want to tell Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop this behavior before you become the reason for the escalation of tension between the two countries."
The drone was badly damaged after the collision
What is the whole matter
According to the European Command of the US Army, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. This incident happened when America’s Reaper drone and two Russian fighter jets SU-27 were circling in the international waters above the Black Sea. On this whole issue, US Air Force General James Hecker said that our MQ- 9 was operating regularly in international air space. Then a Russian plane collided with it. After which our drone was completely damaged. Along with this, he told that after this the Russian plane also met with an accident. He has also blamed Russia in the incident. The US military claims that a Russian jet was deliberately targeting an American drone.
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