US Pentagon releases video of Black Sea drone incident
The Pentagon on Thursday released a video which shows a Russian military jet coming very close to a US military drone, dumping fuel near it and a damaged propeller in the aftermath of the intercept.
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The de-classified video, which is about 40 seconds long, has been edited by the US military for length but shows events in a sequential order, the Pentagon said.
Russia has denied US accusations that its jets acted recklessly in the incident on Tuesday over the Black Sea.
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