live-safe-3 Mobile Condensed Unit
live-safe-3 Desktop Condensed Unit
live-safe-3 Mobile Expanded Unit
live-safe-3 Desktop Expanded Unit
Smile! You're On Camera!

GOTCHA! Pentagon Video Shows Russian Jets Attacking U.S. Drone After Russia Denial [WATCH]

posted by Hannity Staff - 3.16.23

The Pentagon has released video of the skirmish between a U.S. military drone and two Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, and it sure looks like the jets were attacking —or at the very least harassing —the drone.

Russian officials initially denied the allegations, claiming the drone crashed after making “sharp maneuvers.”

“There is a pattern of behavior recently where there is a little bit more aggressive actions being conducted by the Russians,” General Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Wednesday.

From Reuters:

In the declassified, roughly 40-second video, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet comes very close to the drone and dumps what U.S. officials say was jet fuel near it in an apparent effort to damage the American aircraft as it flew over the Black Sea.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his U.S. counterpart that U.S. drone flights near Crimea’s coast “were provocative in nature” and could lead to “an escalation … in the Black Sea zone,” a ministry statement said.

Russia, the statement said, has “no interest” in escalation “but will in future react in due proportion” and the two countries should “act with a maximum of responsibility”, including by having military lines of communication in a crisis.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to offer details about his conversation with Shoigu, but said the United States would continue “to operate wherever international law allows. And it is incumbent on Russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner”.

Russia has said the episode showed Washington was directly participating in the Ukraine war, something the West has taken pains to avoid.

More over at Reuters:

Thank you for visiting Hannity.com. You are about to leave
Hannity.com and proceed to a site owned and operated by a third party.
Hannity.com has no control over the content of this third-party site.
Click OK to proceed.
OK
X
You may if you would no longer like to receive a newsletter.
You have been successfully unsubscribed!
Please see our Terms of Use and Privacy Notice .
If you have any questions or concerns please contact us.