Dramatic video said to show Russian jet hitting U.S. drone near Ukraine
The camera view is lost briefly after the apparent collision but it comes back to show what the Air Force said was damage to the propeller from the strike.
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The camera view is lost briefly after the apparent collision but it comes back to show what the Air Force said was damage to the propeller from the strike.
The Pentagon released dramatic video it says shows the mid-air confrontation between Russian fighter jets and an American surveillance drone near Ukraine. CBS News anchors Lana Zak and Elaine Quijano spoke with CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang about how the Biden administration is responding to the encounter.
U.S. officials say Russia is at the site of a downed U.S. drone in the Black Sea, but all sensitive intelligence was wiped out by the U.S. military. A Russian fighter jet collided with the drone last week. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart in a rare phone call, but said the U.S. will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. Weijia Jiang reports from the White House.
Sen. Marco Rubio said the U.S. should not be cowed and should continue to send aircraft into the region.
Russia is trying to retrieve the debris of a U.S. military drone that crashed into the Black Sea after it collided with a Russian fighter jet Tuesday. Although Russians reached the scene first, U.S. officials said the debris will be difficult to retrieve and it's likely nothing of value will be recovered. Ed O'Keefe reports.
The U.S. military says a Russian jet collided with an American drone over the Black Sea, 75 miles southwest of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. After the incident, the drone was unable to fly and crashed into international waters, where the U.S. is attempting to recover the wreckage before the Russians can get to it. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.