expansion of free childcare provision in england in his budget on wednesday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington dc in the united states where the us military has said that a russian fighterjet has collided with an american military drone over the black sea. officials said the plane was struck in what it called a reckless and unprofessional action. russia s ambassador to the us has been summoned to the state department to explain the incident. the us says the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace when the russianjets tried to intercept it. at a press conference, a pentagon spokesman gave more detail. at spokesman gave more detail. approximately 7:03 i the at approximately 7:03 a:m., one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m2 nine causing forces them to bring it down in international waters. several times before the collision, the dumped fuel on influent front of the m2 nine and a reckless and unprofessi
positive that the war isn t between ukraine and russia but it s the united states and nato versus russia. these drones are bringing in valuable intelligence that you cringe and use of their offensive operations coming in the next few weeks and months and i think you re going to see the russians are going to get more and more serious as to trying to stop that. the to get more and more serious as to trying to stop that. trying to stop that. the reaction from moscow. trying to stop that. the reaction from moscow, what trying to stop that. the reaction from moscow, what you - trying to stop that. the reaction from moscow, what you are - trying to stop that. the reaction - from moscow, what you are expecting their question or love though denied that this is a deliberate attempt and they ll say that the drone was not in international waters and the say that there pilots were flying professionally and does claim that certain things didn t happen like the fuel dumping. thank you so much f
deliberate attempt to bring down the drone, absolutely. the deliberate attempt to bring down the drone, absolutely. drone, absolutely. the russian ambassador drone, absolutely. the russian ambassador gary drone, absolutely. the russian ambassador gary o donoghuel drone, absolutely. the russian i ambassador gary o donoghue was ambassador gary 0 donoghue was reporting there and how much of an escalation is this episode? the penta . on escalation is this episode? tue: pentagon announced escalation is this episode? tte: pentagon announced that this is not the first time they ve had these kinds of incidents but there seems to be the worst some of the first time the really attempted to bring the drone all the way down instead of just the drone all the way down instead ofjust harassing it. i think this is a serious escalation at this point, calling in the ambassador is a sign of that. i don t think you ll see these drones flying solo any more that i ve met escorts with them. ~ ., , more t
it might not sound like much but that is what happens when countries have serious diplomatic problems with one another. and we are learning more details and promised by the pentagon that perhaps some imagery of what happened in this collision over the black sea is going to the process of declassification and we make it the video of what happened later on. we can now speak to professor matthew schmidt from the university of new haven in connecticut. he s an expert in strategic analysis on politics and the military, and has recently returned from travelling throughout ukraine. great to get you on the programme and in the first instance, what do you think of what happened to date? deliberate or an accident? absolutely. the pentagon is engaging in diplomatic speak here but if you re flying in from the drone, slowing down the speed and dumping fuel on it, that this is a