A U.S. drone crashed in international waters Tuesday after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea.
[translated] The aircraft was flying with its transponders turned off. It had entered the area where it had been determined that the special military operation would take place. We, Russia, warned everybody about this, using international communications channels. I think it was a real provocation. They were provoking us to take certain actions, after which they could accuse the Russian military of some sort of lack of professionalism.Ambassador Antonov was called to the State Department.
And what I think is relevant about this particular incident is that the United States — and this doesn’t get much attention — but the United States, in particular, has been providing Ukraine with actionable intelligence from satellite imagery, from drone imagery, that Ukraine is using to strike at Russian forces. And so, from Russia’s perspective, this is a provocation on the part of the United States. It’s not simply, as the Pentagon portrays it, you know, the U.S.
And, in fact, Russia itself really has not kept up or kept pace with the United States and China, for example, in terms of developing advanced technology drones. And that’s part of why you’ve seen Russia using what are called swarm attacks, where they’re purchasing much smaller kamikaze drones, that are single-use drones that carry explosives. And, essentially, it’s like a higher-end remote-control missile.
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