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
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 unprofessional manner. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. brigadier general speaking from the pentagon and our washington correspondent. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0 donoghue has been following this story for us and explained the picture so far. russian fighters came into contact with an american man surveillance aircraft over what the americans were saying international waters and the black sea. these drones as they are sometimes called conduct spying missions and americans insist he of international water and it seems to have happened is one of these russian planes collided was struck the drone, damaging its propeller
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
and the americans had to then bring that there aircraft down into the sea. we have been learning some fascinating detail in the last few minutes and it seems that this encounter between these two 27, these pretty old russian planes in this drone went on for about 30 or 40 this drone went on for about 30 or a0 minutes in the americans said they flew in front of the drone and that they apparently dumped fuel on top of it as well, presumably to try top of it as well, presumably to try to disorient the drone, etc before this collision took place and the drone had to be brought down. as far as we know, the pentagon is saying there s been no contact with the russians military on this. we do know the state department here in washington have summoned the ambassador to an audience. it s a pretty stiff diplomatic measure and it might not sound like much but thatis