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Newly released footage demonstrates that Russia lied about its interception of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, according to the White House.
A Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea on March 14, causing the drone to crash into the sea.
Moscow falsely claimed that the drone made an abrupt maneuver which caused it to crash but the United States released a de-classified video on March 16 showing the Russian fighter barreling toward the drone before apparently colliding with it.
“It clearly demonstrated our narrative of what happened,” said National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby during a press call.
“The video is pretty darn conclusive about what happened and it absolutely decimates the Russia lie about what they said happened, or what they said didn’t happen.”
Kirby said the incident underscored Russia’s increasingly hostile and reckless behavior internationally, but added that he had not seen evidence that the collision was deliberate.
