US Pentagon

US releases footage of Russian jet downing drone over Black Sea

The downing of the US MQ-9 drone on Tuesday was the first direct US-Russian incident since the Ukraine war began, worsening already tense relations between Washington and Moscow as both countries publicly traded blame.

In the video, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet can be seen coming very close to the drone and dumping fuel near it, in what US officials said was an apparent effort to damage the American aircraft as it flew.