Deutsche Welle: What did the American drone want in the Black Sea?

For some, the war in Ukraine it may seem, now, ordinary and very distant. However, Ukraine is not as far away as they think. With world politics being in Crucial point, a war that also concerns the West, can break out at any time. This became even more evident after fall of the American unmanned drone in the Black Seaafter “touching” with two Russian fighter jets. Hearing the news sent shockwaves through Western leaders, as its involvement in the Ukraine war is perhaps closer than ever.

But what exactly happened? According to Deutsche Welleaccording to American versionthe MQ 9 Reaper unmanned drone was performing routine reconnaissance flight in international airspace, when two Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercepted it and dropped fuel on it. Then one of the Russians touched its propeller drone, which then fell into the sea. US Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder, speaking to reporters, said the assessment of the incident was ongoing. “But I think, based on the actions of the Russian pilots, it’s clear that they were unsafe and unprofessional. They speak for themselves. What we saw again was fighter jets dropping fuel in front of the drone and then getting close enough to actually destroy its propeller. We estimate that some damage was probably caused to the Russian aircraft as well.”

On his part, the Russian Ministry of Defensehowever, denied that his fighter jets were responsible for the downing of the drone. He admitted, however, that the fighters intercepted the US drone, but there was no “contact” and the fighter jets did not use their weapons. Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, accused the US of using drones to data collection on behalf of Ukrainians.

“What are they doing thousands of miles away from the US? The answer is obvious, they are collecting information that will later be used by the Kiev regime to attack our armed forces and our territory,” he said, according to the TASS news agency. “Unfortunately, the Russians regard the Black Sea as their own lakesays political analyst Tom Koraki, head of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “From a legal point of view it is about international waters. They don’t really like this fact, but certainly from his point of view international lawprotects them United States from any kind of claim that they entered Russian airspace or anything like that.” Yesterday’s incident further intensifies the already strained relations between Washington and Moscow with accusations one after the other.

But what did the American drone want in the Black Sea? There is no answer, notes Deutsche Welle.

White House spokesman John Kirby told CNN that the USA they will take steps to “recover” the drone. “Of course, we don’t want anyone but us to get their hands on it.” However, NATO diplomats say they do not expect an escalation. “Diplomatic channels between the two countries should help defuse the situation,” a diplomatic source told AFP. In any case it was one a reminder of the danger of the two superpowers becoming directly involved in a war started by Russia.