"We Warned": The Russian Ambassador to the United States spoke about the beating of American UAV MQ-9 Reaper

According to the Russian ambassador Anatoly Antonov, the Kremlin informed that he identified the space over the Black Sea as a zone of the so -called "special military operation". The Russian Federation Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov denies the Kremlin's involvement in the US UAV disaster MQ-9 Reaper in the international airspace above the Black Sea. CNN writes about it. Anatoly Antonov told reporters that in Moscow they do not want to confront with Washington.

"We prefer not to create situations where we can face unintentional clashes or unintentional incidents between the Russian Federation and the US," the diplomat said. Antonov noted that Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary of State, told him of the US concern about the case of MQ-9 Reaper in the Black Sea. The Russian ambassador said that he had exchanged with American colleagues remarks about this and mentioned "some differences".

"It seems to me that it was a constructive conversation on this issue. I heard her replicas, I hope she understood what I mentioned," the ambassador said. Anatoliy Antonov repeated theses of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the allegedness of Moscow before the fall of the American UAV in the Black Sea and added that the Kremlin "informed about this space, which was defined as a zone of conducting a special military operation.

" "We have warned not to enter, not to penetrate," Antonov's journalists quoted. On Tuesday, March 14, in the international airspace above the Black Sea there was a collision of the Fighter of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the American UAV MQ-9 Reape. According to media reports, the Russian Su-27 flew in front of the US drone, dropping it with fuel, resulting in damaging the UAV propeller.

"Our MQ-9 conducted ordinary operations in the international airspace when it was intercepted by a Russian plane, which led to a disaster and complete loss of MQ-9," said US General James Heker. The US State Department claims that the MQ-9 Reaper drone was beaten over the Black Sea by the efforts of the Russian Federation, adding that "cannot characterize their motives.

" During a briefing, the US Defense Ministry press secretary reported a video on March 14, which removed the collision of the Russian Su-27 fighter with the US UAV MQ-9 Reaper. At the same time in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation deny their involvement in the catastrophe of the American drone. The Russian defense department claims that they did not use onboard weapons and did not contact the UAV.