the air force of Russia deployed this Saturday a fighter su-30 to intercept an American spy drone MQ-9A Reaper about him Black Seaas reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense in a statement.
“The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as a spy drone MQ-9A Reaper of the US Air Force,” said the department, led by Sergei Shoigu.
“After the approach of the Russian fighter, the foreign spy drone made a turn and moved away from the state border of Russia. The Russian plane returned to its base after avoiding the violation of the Russian state border,” Defense added.
According to the military command, “the flight of the Russian fighter was carried out in strict accordance with international regulations for the use of airspace over neutral waters.”
Last March, two Russian fighters shot down an American drone over the Black Seaconsidering that it was a “provocation” of USA“by violating the limits of the temporary airspace restriction zone” established by Russia around crimea.
More recently, in early July, for two consecutive days Russian planes “harassed” US spy drones in Syrian airspace with maneuvers that endangered the safety of these aircraft.
