we knocked it down. it was doing something the russians don t like and that a risk we take. if i m hearing hearing new clear, you are saying it s not mistake. it s not an anomaly. you believe it s kind of at russia provocation provoking is a bit. it could be. in fact i think there is good chance that is one of the state department officials i believe it was told the washington post earlier tonight these kinds of interceptions over the black se are common. these things have been going on for a long time. for whatever reason they decide there can take action and potentially either try to ramp things up a bit and put us at a difficult situation or perhaps push us back further to make it more difficult to get intelligence. i don t think it was an accident . the russian defense ministry said the following quoting as a result of the short maneuver, the mqm nine drone went into