A US surveillance drone plunged into the Black Sea after meeting Russian jets on Tuesday.
By James Landale in Kyiv & Thomas Mackintosh in LondonIncidents such as the downing of a US drone over the Black Sea are inevitable until Russia leaves Crimea, Ukraine's foreign minister has told the BBC.after it became "unflyable" when a Russian jet clipped its propeller.Describing it as a "routine incident", Mr Kuleba told the BBC: "As long as Russia controls Crimea, these kinds of incidents will be inevitable and the Black Sea will not be a safe place.
Several times before the collision, the Russian jets dumped fuel on the drone in a "reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner", the US said in a statement on Tuesday. "If the West wants to demonstrate its weakness, it should certainly demonstrate its cautiousness after an incident like this, but I don't have a feeling that this is the mood in capitals," he replied.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed the military would "continue to fly and operate" wherever international law allows.
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