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

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

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

Moscow says American drone downing highlights increasing intelligence gathering off the annexed Crimea peninsula.

War crimes in Ukraine include wilful killings, systematic torture and deportation of children, says UN report; Polish president says handover to come within days

The US says Russia’s intercept was part of a ‘pattern of aggressive, risky and unsafe actions’

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart about a U.S. surveillance drone that crashed into the Black Sea after an encounter with a Russian fighter jet, as officials sought to keep the incident from further escalating tension already high over the invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says US ‘will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows’.

Russian officials say a bid will be made to recover a US drone from the Black Sea while US authorities say no intelligence can be gained.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he spoke to his Russian counterpart about the destruction of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, which had brought the two countries closest to direct conflict since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago

A day after the U_S_ said a Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U_S_ surveillance drone over the Black Sea, the Kremlin says relations between the U_S_ and Russia are in a “deplorable state."