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Russia will try to retrieve remnants of US drone it's accused of downing

Russia will try to retrieve remnants of US drone it's accused of downing

 Russia said on Wednesday it would try to retrieve the remnants of a large US MQ-9 Reaper drone that plunged into the Black Sea on Tuesday. There are conflicting statements on the aircraft downing. In claims Moscow has strongly denied, Washington said it had to bring down the drone after it became "unflyable and uncontrollable" when a Russian jet clipped its propeller.

Russian security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev confirmed on state television that Moscow was trying to trace the aircraft, adding its presence in the Black Sea confirmed that the US had direct involvement in the war.

Meanwhile, the US is also attempting to find the downed drone. Although Washington and London have previously gone to great lengths in order to recover their technology after crashes, the Pentagon seems more relaxed about losing the aircraft. It's an older technology and a number of them have been lost before.

Moreover, attempts to retrieve the remnants next to a war zone, with Russian ships and submarines patrolling, could present greater risks of escalation. Washington has taken "mitigating measures" to ensure there was nothing of importance on the drone, said General Mark Milley, America's top military general.

Russian jets dumped fuel on the downed drone scores of times before the collision, the US said in a statement. However, Russia has denied claims regarding its fighter jets making any contact, blaming the crash on the drone's "sharp manoeuvre".

Such incidents over the Black Sea are inevitable until Russia leaves Crimea, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. Although Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, numerous countries still recognise the region as part of Ukraine.

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the so-called special military operation in Ukraine in February last year, the US and the UK have stepped up surveillance flights, though always operating in international airspace. Washington has reportedly shared intelligence with Kyiv before, including helping it sink a Russian ship.

Moscow saw the incident over the Black Sea as "a provocation", Russian ambassador Anatoly Antonov said after being summoned to discuss the same with officials in Washington.


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