Afterward, the ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, insisted that the Russian jets had not hit or fired on the drone, a MQ-9 Reaper. Gen. Pat Ryder separately said Tuesday that the Russian aircraft were able to land after the collision though he did not provide details. The U.S. regularly flies manned and unmanned surveillance flights in international airspace close to Ukraine without entering its 12-mile territorial limit. "What will be the reaction of the United States if you see such Russian drone very close, for example, to San Francisco or New York?" Russian fighters collide with US drone, force it down close to Ukraine originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News March 14, 2023 17:56 UTC