US drone incident reaper: Pentagon said they did not want escalation from the Russian Federation

The speaker of the US defense department Pet Ryder noted that although the actions of the Russian pilots were aggressive, the US side cannot be sure that they were specifically knocking down the drone. The United States does not seek escalation with Russia, despite the case with the American MQ-9 Reaper in the Black Sea. This was reported on Thursday, March 16, Pentagon Petagon Petagon Ryder reported, Sky News writes.

"We do not strive for conflict with Russia, we do not strive to escalate with Russia," - quotes the publication of a representative of the Pentagon. According to Pet Rider, a video of how a Russian plane is trying to flood the American UAV in the Black Sea, it was published "to demonstrate publicly what actions were done by the Russians.

" In addition, the Pentagon noted that the United States had not demanded an apology after the Su-27 plane touched the MQ-9 drone propeller, forcing him to fall into the Black Sea. Commenting on the search for a drone in the Black Sea, Ryder suggested that the Russian Federation is unlikely to find something useful because the US has taken measures to protect information on board UAV.

At the same time, the Ryder added that the aggressive behavior of Russian pilots was deliberate, but the United States did not know for sure whether they were specially knocked down. "The rates are high, so it is important to keep the communication lines open to prevent the margins," the Ryder summarized. On March 14, the Russian fighter faced the American MQ-9 Reaper in the international airspace over the Black Sea.

On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that the fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not use onboard weapons and did not come into contact with the UAV. On March 15, OP Advisor Mikhail Podolyak stated that the destruction of the American multi-purpose MQ-9 Reaper over the Black Sea is an example of a primitive attempt to touch new red lines.

Also on March 15, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mykola Patrushev stated that the Russian Federation intends to raise the American MQ-9 drone from the bottom of the Black Sea. According to him, the whipped UAV is an alleged evidence that the United States is actually involved in the war in Ukraine. On March 16, the US military posted a video of the collision in the MQ-9 Reaper drone with Russian Su-27 Russian fighters over the Black Sea.