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
to live the way she did, but the impact of her deception to lie the way she did, but the impact of her deception could be far reaching. nick garnett, bbc news, preston. the united states says a russian fighterjet has collided with an american military drone over the black sea. the us military 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. let s get the latest from our washington correspondent, gary 0 donoghue. what have you managed to pick up here? ,, , , what have you managed to pick up here? ,, , , ., here? the us is saying they have made their here? the us is saying they have made their strong here? the us is saying they have made their strong objections - here? the us is saying they havel made their strong objections clea
they told us it was old stock sent from abroad. there are other battle here is with lack of ammunition. then the threat above our heads. russianjets, they are here. attack radius. in the city centre, the hallmark of russia s war. what it seeks to capture, it destroys. we re just hearing constant shelling. russian shelling, yes.
what about larger air and jets? sit the moment russianjets are the moment russian jets are essentially conducting mostly stand off rockets and precision guided munitions attacks near the front lines. but also they are running a lot of fighter patrols on the russian side of the lines, but at high altitude with long range missiles the ukrainians cannot counter. to an ukrainian air force tries to fly missions in support of the ongoing ground offence incentives, those ground effectjets are coming under attack consistently against russian aircraft they cannot respond to because they are more modern and have more effective long range missiles than the ukrainian pilots are able to carry. in the longer term, not only did ukraine require the ability to keep those russian aircraft on those side of the lines, it will also require western aircraft capable of meeting russian fighters on a more equitable basis. so something like f 16 or
and bring a peaceful conclusion to all of this, and the feeling is that was all a sham, a complete waste of time. vladimir putin had pretty much decided what he was going to do, and now europe is engulfed in this conflagration. now europe is engulfed in this conflagration. clive, ithink what we have seen conflagration. clive, ithink what we have seen and conflagration. clive, ithink what we have seen and heard - conflagration. clive, i think what l we have seen and heard intimate s programme is so stark, shocking, even scary. to see those images of ukrainian warplanes struggling against russian jets, the ukrainian warplanes struggling against russianjets, the reports that russian forces have taken over the chernobyl power station, they have taken a major airfield just north of kyiv, it s only an hour and a half from where we are now, and ukrainians have begun to think the unthinkable. western leaders who predicted that president putin would have kyiv in his sights could be true. a