The 40-second video showed what the Pentagon said were two Russian Su-27 fighter jets swooping toward the drone and releasing jet fuel on it in harassing behaviour. The Pentagon released a video on Thursday that it said provided evidence a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a US spy drone and caused it to crash into the Black Sea this week, despite Russia's denial. The video showed what the Pentagon said were two Russian Su-27 fighter jets swooping toward the drone and releasing jet fuel on it in harassing behaviour. The Pentagon released video of the events leading up to a Russian fighter jet colliding with an unarmed U.S. reconnaissance drone this week, forcing the American aircraft down into the Black Sea. The locations & times of the #Russian Su-27 intercept with a @usairforce MQ-9, resulting in a collision & the MQ-9's crash into the #BlackSea are depicted in the graphic below.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2023 02:21 UTC