Russian fighter planes was “reckless” and “unprofessional” when they collided into a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, the Pentagon says.

But according to a former adviser to the Russian President Wladimir Putin“ruthless is perhaps too strong a word” and “Americans should be more careful”.

“I wouldn’t say it was unprofessional” Sergei Markovpolitical scientist and Kremlin ally, told the BBC. “The problem is that this drone from the United States took part in the war on Ukrainian territory because it receives information about Russian troops and gives this information to Ukrainian troops in order to kill Russian soldiers.”

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The BBC Razia Iqbal responded that there was no evidence that the drone helped Ukrainian troops and that it was legal to hover over the Black Sea as the area was international airspace and “belonged to no one”.

Markov argued differently, echoing Moscow’s opinion on how the US drone violated Putin’s declared “temporary airspace regime” and that the two Russian Su-27 fighter jets had no contact with the US drone, which was “unguided,” before simply going into the water fell .

However, the US Department of Defense claimed that the Su-27s dumped fuel on the MQ-9 drone several times before the collision and then clipped it.

The incident underscored escalating tensions since Russia took off an invasion of Ukraine.

Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov was urged to speak with Washington officials, where he explained the Kremlin considered this “unacceptable activity” by the US military.

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Photo: MQ-9 Reaper drone courtesy of Shutterstock