US drone crash: Russia rejects charge, claims UAV entered off-limits area

Amid an escalating face-off between USA and Russia over the downing of an American drone over the Black Sea on 14 March 2023, Moscow rejected Washington's allegations.

The Russian Defence Ministry said that its fighter jets did not use weapons or impact the US drone that went down after an encounter over the Black Sea.

Moscow said that the drone had intruded into an off-limits area, and crashed into the water after a sharp manoeuvre.

The US. military previously said that a Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a US surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in a “brazen violation of international law,” causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle.

(With agency inputs)

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