US blames Russian pilot’s ‘lack of competence’ for drone incident

A U.S. Air Force pilot was injured in an aerial accident. Air Force A drone crashed “tinged with a lack of competence” According to Secretary Of State, it was a Russian pilot. Antony Blinken‘s team.

It was lost in international airspace above the Black Sea on Tuesday. “a brazen violation of international law,” Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, said it. But the senior Department When asked by the reporter if they were aware of it, an official declined to answer. United States Moscow views the incident as an aggressive action and minimizes Russia’s significance “motivations” Interception

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“We’re not in a position to speak to what their motivations may have been,” Price not stated. “We can’t characterize the motivations. In a sense, however, the motivations matter much less than what actually transpired, and that’s what we’re speaking to today.”

Russia’s defense minister claimed that the American MQ-9 Reaper drone had been flying close to Crimea. “violating the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime” Moscow declared unilaterally that it was part of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine.

“The Russian aircraft did not use on-board weapons, did not come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and returned safely to their home airfield,” According to state media, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed this.

Senior Senate Republican said that this incident was a reflection of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desire for the United States to stop supporting Ukraine.

“Putin wants nothing more than for incidents like these to push the United States away from our support of Ukraine and prevent us from rolling back his destructive policies,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R. MS), is the Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Republican. “We must choose to project strength against our adversary, not appease this dictator with words or do-called ‘de-escalation.'”

After the Reaper had been attacked by drone operators, it was destroyed. “it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft,” According to U.S. military officers. “In fact, this unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash,” General James B. Hecker was the commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe & Air Forces Africa on Tuesday.

Hecker’s team reported that the collision led to an episode in harassment that was triggered by more than 30 minutes of risky maneuvers performed by two Russian Su-27 fighter planes.

“Several time before the collision, the Su27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner,” According to the bulletin of U.S. European Command “This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional.”

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Blinken’s group summoned Antony Antonov (Russian Ambassador) to the State Department “to convey our strong objections” Russian pilots’ behavior.

“The ambassador will hear directly from senior officials about our strong objections to what was clearly an unsafe and unprofessional intercept on the part of a Russian aircraft,” Price not stated.