secretary lloyd austin and general mark milley. the secretary and chairman will each deliver opening remarks and have time to take a few questions. i will moderate the questions and call on journali. i ask that you lim your questions due to our ke schedule. secretary austin? sec. austin: good afternn. we just concluded our 10th had a successful meeting of ukraine defense contact group. before i get to that important work, i want to say a few words about a troubling episode yesterday. on tuesday,ussian aircraft engaged in dangerous, reckless, unprofessionalehavior in the ternational airspace over the black sea. two russian jetstarted feeling on unmanned aircraft conducting routine operations in inteational airspace. one russian jet struck our mp nine aircraft, resting in a crash. this hazardous episode is a part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. i st got off the phone with my russian counterpart. as i said rep
and call on journalist. i ask at you limit your questiondue to our take schedu. secretary austin? sec. austin: good afternoon. we just concluded our 10th had a suessful meeting of ukraine defense contact group. before i get to that important work, i wanto say a few wor about a troubling episode yesterday. on tuesday, russian aircraft engaged in dangerous, reckless, unprofessional behavior in the international airspacever the black sea. two russian jets started feeling on unmanned aircraft conducting routine operations in international airsce. one russian jet struck our mp nine aircraft, resulting in a crash. this hazardous episode is a part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart. as i said repeatedly, he is important that great powers the models of transparency and communication. in the united states, weill condense the united states will continue to fly and operat