from the pentagon tonight. oren, has the u. s. continue to operate drones over the black sea, even after that incident? john, we know from three officials familiar with the matter is that the u. s. is conducting an assessment of its run operations over the black sea. a look at what s gained, a look at what s risked, as they figure out how to proceed from this point. but we also know that even after the collision, there was at least one flight by a u. s. drone over the black sea. the same type of drone. mq-9 reaper. that flight, likely to survey the crash site and find out if the russians were making a move on some of that wreckage. we have since learned, as you heard there in the piece, that the russians have made a move on the wreckage, and have been able to recover a little bit of it. during this assessment, they re looking at where to go from here, what the expectations there will be more drone flights perhaps soon. oren liebermann, thanks so much for your reporting. perspective
the encounter with russian fighter jets. russia has discovered small debris from the drone which crashed in the waters ukraine. the u.s. also released video that it says russians are lying about forcing down the aircraft. oren lieberman has the details. reporter: high over the black sea a u.s. spy drone points its camera backwards towards its own tail. the russian fighter jet closing fast the much slower mq-9 reaper. the russian jet begins dumping fuel as it passes by the drone. the cloud of fuel vapor and spinning propeller clearly advisable in the video after the pass. the su-27 fighter then flies by on another pass, the jet comes even closer and dumping fuel yet again. when it comes back on line, you can see the propeller with a bent blade damaged in the impact. in these side by side images, you can see the propeller before
"We assume that the United States will refrain from further speculation in the media and stop flights near Russian borders," ambassador Anatoly Antonov wrote on Telegram. "We consider any action.
physical contact with a russia fighter jet over the black sea nbc news is reporting, quote the russian jets dropped jet fuel on the mq-9 reaper. unprecedented action, and tw of the officials said th intelligence suggests th intent seemed to be to throw the drone off course or disabl its surveillance capabilities. one official said they had not gotten indications that th sign of went all the way up to putin, other officials decline to provide specifics beyon highest levels earlier today, defense secretary lloyd austin spoke with russia s defense minister about what secretary austi called the risky and unsaf actions by the russian air force. this hazardous episode is a part, it s part of a pattern o aggressive and risky and unsaf actions by russian pilots an
approved the actions taken b russian pilots when an america military drone came into direc physical contact with a russia fighter jet over the black sea nbc news is reporting, quote the russian jets dropped jet fuel on the mq-9 reaper. unprecedented action, and tw of the officials said th intelligence suggests th intent seemed to be to throw the drone off course or disabl its surveillance capabilities. one official said they had not gotten indications that th sign of went all the way up to putin, other officials decline to provide specifics beyon highest levels earlier today, defense secretary lloyd austin spoke with russia s defense minister about what secretary austi called the risky and unsaf actions by the russian air force. this hazardous episode is a