A US drone has been detected over the Black Sea waters, Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a statement.

A Su-30 fighter was taken into the air. “The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Ripper reconnaissance UAV,” the Russian ministry statement reads.

The ministry added that “as the Russian fighter approached, the foreign-manufactured reconnaissance UAV performed a U-turn away from the State border”.

In March, a Russian Su-27 fighter collided with a US MQ-9 drone Reaper over the Black Sea. Afterwards, Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone talks with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.

The collision between the Russian fighter and the Reaper drone in March / Russian Defence Ministry
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