Black Sea Drone: More Crashes ‘Inevitable’ As Long As Russia Controls Crimea, Ukraine Minister Says
One day after a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, forcing it to crash, Ukrainian officials warned that additional incidents in international airspace over the Black Sea will be "inevitable" as long as Russia controls Crimea. However, U.S. officials pledge to keep flying surveillance drones as tensions between Moscow and Washington worsen. cresting to the BBC Wednesday morning, Ukrainian Unfamiliar Clergyman Dmytro Kuleba cautioned the Dark Ocean "won't be a protected spot" as long as Russia controls the Crimean landmass, which it unlawfully added in 2014, eight years before Moscow sent off its attack of Ukraine. The incident, which occurred early on Tuesday morning, was branded "reckless," "dangerous," and a demonstration of Russia's "lack of competence" by the U.S. European Command. It claimed that two Russian jets also dumped fuel on the drone and flew directly in fron...