The American television channel CBS published a video in which it tried to simulate what happened the day before with the MQ-9 Reaper drone and its fall into the Black Sea. According to the advertiser, the disaster was caused by two Russian Su-27 fighters.
The video explains that the Russian Air Force plane made 19 flights towards the drone in half an hour, releasing fuel in its immediate vicinity and thus trying to disable the drone. One of the planes hit a drone, which fell into the water.
The New York Times also wrote about the incident. From its pages, one of the representatives of the United States military command told about what happened.
According to him, the drone took off on the territory of Romania and headed for Crimea. The drone was observing 75 miles (about 121 km) southwest of the peninsula, while at an altitude of 25,000 feet (about 7.6 km). The UAV had equipment on board that made it possible to track the necessary objects from international waters.
In addition, Russian planes approached the drone and began to dump fuel, which greatly surprised the US military, which followed the events near Crimea from the Ramstein base in Germany.
The publication also noted that many in Washington fear such an incident could lead to a military escalation between the United States and Russia.
