Still, the incident further escalated tensions between two global powers already sharply at odds since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year spurred the United States into providing billions of dollars in military aid to Kyiv and leading a coalition opposing the aggression. Kirby said the United States is not seeking conflict with Russia. John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said the video provided “clear and convincing evidence of the account we laid out there” and shows “the Russians have been flat-out lying.” But he said it was not clear the pilot intended to strike the unmanned aircraft, so officials were unable to say if it was deliberate. The Russian Defense Ministry said its fighter jets were trying to identify the "intruder" flying near Crimea when the drone's own abrupt maneuvering caused it to crash. Two Russian Su-27 warplanes conducted an "unsafe and unprofessional intercept" with an Air Force reconnaissance MQ-9 Reaper flying in international airspace, the Pentagon said in a release issued with the video to counter Russian denials of contact between the aircraft. controllers to crash land the device in the Black Sea on Tuesday. drone, damaging the propeller and forcing U.S. The Pentagon released footage Thursday of what it says is a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S. Watch Video: Pentagon releases video showing Russian jets interfering with a US drone
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