war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. that s because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed, less so for russia, everyone involved acts professionally. that was not the case today. an american reaper drone was intercepted by two russian fighters. it was damaged and then forced down. somebody could have gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people, so this is clearly, this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll also get perspective from mark hertling, but oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. r
russian fighters who damaged it and was then forced down. somebody could ve gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it is already done to the ukrainian people. so this is clearly, it was an appropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian. pilots russians ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll have more on that shortly. also get a perspective from retired three star general mark hertling. but the latest on the incident rob leaning joins us from the panic. is it clear what happened? this all plays out early tuesday morning over international borders over the black sea, when u.s. air force reaper drone is doing what it has done countless times before. not only the during the war, but before the war, that is surveilling the black sea
get hurt. i ll never forget him saying that. that s directly from the mouth of an ex-f-16 pilot. this is unfolding as russa continues to bombard ukraine from the air, targeting civilian areas. let s go to eastern ukraine with ivan watson. i m wondering if there is other reaction from this incident in russia? reporter: first, it was the defense ministry that confirmed this incident did in fact take place. and i ll repeat some of their arguments. they are saying, that is moscow, that the reaper, this unmanned aerial vehicle, was approaching crimea with its transponder off. and that the two russian jets were then scrambled. again, the russian defense ministry insisting that no weapons were used against the drone and that there was no contact whatsoever.
ambassador from russia. one of there s any other information getting? well, first it was the defense ministry the confirmed that this incident did in fact take place. i ll repeat some of their arguments. they are saying, that is moscow, that the reaper this drone was approaching crimea with its transponder off. the two russian jets were then scrambled. again the russian defense ministry insisting that no weapons were used against the drone and that there was no contact whatsoever. there s a direct contradiction with which the pentagon is saying has taken place there. i also found it interesting that the russian ambassador specifically said that russia does not what confrontation with the u.s.. he did use some diplomatic
foreign workers. around 200 workers and locals had now sought refuge at the amarillo. we were inside the hotel, upstairs at the restaurant and the bar. we started getting shot at, they were shooting at us over the wall, so we all were lying on the floor and just keeping our heads down. we had no weapons, it was just just keeping our heads down. we had no weapons, it wasjust us, so now had no weapons, it wasjust us, so now we had no weapons, it wasjust us, so now we were going through our head. so now we were going through our head, there are people coming, our head, there are people coming, am i going to be killed like an coming, am i going to be killed like an animal, is my head going like an animal, is my head going to like an animal, is my head going to be cut off? is nobody going going to be cut off? is nobody going to going to be cut off? is nobody going to be cut off? is nobody going to be cut off? is nobody going to be cut into pieces? as