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The incident has led to rising tensions between the US and Russia

The Pentagon has released a video showing Russia's intercept of a United States military surveillance drone downed over the Black Sea.

In Washington, the war in Ukraine can day-in, day-out feel like a bureaucratic exercise. A question of overseeing huge resources, votes in Congress and overworked diplomats on another flight out of Dulles. More like a war game, for American players, than an actual war. But on Tuesday that spell briefly…

The 42-second video comes two days after the Pentagon accused a Russian aircraft of colliding with an uncrewed MQ-9 Reaper drone. The Kremlin has denied that it intentionally downed the vehicle.

The footage appears to show damage to the drone's propeller.

The White House says it will be ‘impossible’ for Moscow to obtain any useful material from the downed craft

Lloyd Austin says incident would not deter US from flying where nternational laws allowed

Pentagon says video has been edited for length but shows sequence of events

US releases footage of drone incident over Black Sea; Moscow says it will attempt to retrieve wreckage of US drone from water

The Pentagon released on Thursday a video showing a Russian military jet intercept a US drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, in what was the first direct encounter between the world's leading nuclear powers since the Ukraine war began. The rare Pentagon move came a day after…

Pentagon says footage shows Russian Su-27 approaching the back of MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes.