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jet collided with a drone, and the u.s. military put out a still shot, and one of the things that the pentagon has put out, and you can see the russian jet is dumping fuel in one shot, an russia has deny that it collided with the drone, but in the side by side photos, you can see that the drone s propeller has been damaged because of the collision. and the fact, oren liebermann, the fact that we are seeing the video is extraordinary, but you are also learning what the russian leadership knew about this. absolutely. and a look at the video to get a better sense of this, and there are two clips here of the two passes of the russian fighter jets as they approached the mq-9 reaper drone, and here is where
and pentagon concerning the russian downing of a u.s. drone. new video shows when a pair of russian fighter jets approached the drone and brought it down. let s bring in oren liebermann and jeremy diamond. let s start with what the pentagon is saying about this new video. reporter: the video itself is pretty incredible. a close look at what happened early tuesday morning over the black sea. there are essentially two pieces to it. in the first one, a russian fighter jet makes a pass at a u.s. mq-9 reaper drone, dumping jet fuel. you see the drone itself is still operating. the propeller spinning, in the second clip of the video or the later part of the video, you see a russian fighter jet make another pass. you see the same dumping of jet fuel and this is where the russian jet collides with the u.s. drone, damaging its propeller and forcing it down. it s critical because this is what backs up the u.s. account of how this all played out over the course of 30 to 40 minutes or so over
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, after a US drone crash incident over the Black Sea, said Moscow expects Washington to stop flights near Russian borders.
already done to the ukrainian people. so, this is clearly this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s defense ministry denies its jet ever came into contact with the mq-9 reaper drone. moscow s ambassador to the u.s. says the drone was flying with its transponders off and had been warned not to enter what russia calls its special military operation zone. this drone can carry 1007 kilos of explosives. this drone can carry a few bombs, using a of united states. abc such russian drone, very close, for example, to san francisco or new york, what will be reaction of united states? more now from cnn s oren