Miscalculation fears rise after Russian fighter jet collides with US drone over Black Sea
by Julian Borger in Washington and Pjotr Sauer from US news | The Guardian on (#69SXK)
US accuses Russia of unsafe and unprofessional' intercept of MQ-9 Reaper drone over waters west of Crimea
A Russian fighter has collided with a US Reaper drone, forcing it down into the Black Sea, in what US forces called an unsafe and unprofessional" intercept.
A US European Command statement said the collision happened just after 7am on Tuesday morning, when two Russian Su-27 fighter jets flew up to the MQ-9 Reaper drone over international waters west of Crimea. The statement said the Russian pilots sought to disrupt the US aircraft before the collision.
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