war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. that s because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed, less so for russia, everyone involved acts professionally. that was not the case today. an american reaper drone was intercepted by two russian fighters. it was damaged and then forced down. somebody could have gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people, so this is clearly, this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll also get perspective from mark hertling, but oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. r
russian fighters who damaged it and was then forced down. somebody could ve gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it is already done to the ukrainian people. so this is clearly, it was an appropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian. pilots russians ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll have more on that shortly. also get a perspective from retired three star general mark hertling. but the latest on the incident rob leaning joins us from the panic. is it clear what happened? this all plays out early tuesday morning over international borders over the black sea, when u.s. air force reaper drone is doing what it has done countless times before. not only the during the war, but before the war, that is surveilling the black sea
civilian casualties. and are israeli soldiers are taking over sometimes civilian homes to use them as bases, sniper bases. this is still a very dangerous and ongoing situation, and that s why these families, these palestinian people are trying to flee the refugee camp to find safety somewhere else. jim? hadas gold in jerusalem, we ll continue to follow events there. boris? as hundreds of thousands of troops from ukraine and russia descend on the front lines, the kremlin says its forces took out five ukrainian drones inside russia near moscow. you can see some of the aftermath here. there s a bit of smoke between two buildings in this video. so far, no comment from kyiv, but today russia responded with more strikes injuring dozens of civilians. let s go to eastern ukraine now with cnn s ben wedeman. ben, details are still coming in about these alleged drone attacks. what can you tell us? what s the latest? well, we understand from russian officials that five
get hurt. i ll never forget him saying that. that s directly from the mouth of an ex-f-16 pilot. this is unfolding as russa continues to bombard ukraine from the air, targeting civilian areas. let s go to eastern ukraine with ivan watson. i m wondering if there is other reaction from this incident in russia? reporter: first, it was the defense ministry that confirmed this incident did in fact take place. and i ll repeat some of their arguments. they are saying, that is moscow, that the reaper, this unmanned aerial vehicle, was approaching crimea with its transponder off. and that the two russian jets were then scrambled. again, the russian defense ministry insisting that no weapons were used against the drone and that there was no contact whatsoever.
this pilot to do the. he may have gotten permission to dump fuel and to get close, but to actually knock the drone out of the sky, that takes it up a notch. i ll tell you quick story anderson. when i was commander of u.s. army europe, the staff conferences with our partners. i remember a general officer, not the commander once telling me that one of his big concerns and big challenges in the area was how unsafe russian pilots were when they did these intercept missions. he said one day we re gonna have problems with this in somebody s gonna get hurt. i ll never forget him saying not directly from the mouth of an f-16 pilot. general hertling greatly appreciated. this is unfolding as russia continues to bombard ukraine from the air, targeting some villains infrastructure. let s go to eastern ukraine and cnn s ivan watson. so this you hear about the state department and the