Russian fighter jet pilots who brought down an American drone in the Black Sea have been given state awards for their actions, Moscow’s Defense Ministry announced.
had bestowed honors on the jet pilots after they “prevented the violation by the American unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 of the borders of the area of the temporary regime for the use of airspace, established for the purpose of conducting a special military operation,”
referring to the war in Ukraine. “The Russian fighters did not use airborne weapons, did not come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle and returned safely to their base airfield,” the statement continued, saying instead that “sharp maneuvering” caused the drone to crash.
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