The Russian fighter jet had on Tuesday dumped fuel on the American drone.
New Delhi:
The US European Command today released a video of the controversial encounter between an armed Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called “an unsafe/unprofessional intercept” of an unmanned drone of the US Air Force over the Black Sea.
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The footage, posted on Twitter by the US European Command, shows the Russian jet approaching the rear of the US Air Force MQ-9 unmanned drone, which begins to release fuel as it passes over it.
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The video transmission abruptly stops just as the Russian jet passes by.
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The propeller of the drone can be seen intact, and the Russian jet begins a second approach towards it seconds later.
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It releases fuel over it again, while passing by even closer this time.
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One of the propellers could be seen damaged after the second manoeuvre.
