Russia may question UN Secretariat’s impartiality on Ukraine, diplomat says

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
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The United Nations Secretariat needs to be more balanced in how it treats information with regard to the Ukraine issue, otherwise Russia will question its impartiality at a session of the General Assembly’s Committee on Information, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram on Thursday.

Earlier, the UN secretary general’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that the Secretariat was unable to comment on the Ukrainian authorities’ demand that monks affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monastery.

"If you cannot give a comment after the monks made a direct appeal to the international community in several languages, Stephane, then you should probably admit being biased in order not to frame the United Nations because it means either a complete loss of qualifications or that there is a political agenda in place. Regularly saying that you don’t know anything about developments in Ukraine, while your chief visits Kiev on a regular basis (the last trip taking place as recently as March 8), means causing distrust in the UN and its Secretariat," Zakharova pointed out.

On March 10, an eviction notice from the acting director general of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Historical and Cultural Reserve (subordinate to the Ukrainian Culture Ministry) was published on the monastery’s website, stating that monks affiliated with the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church must leave the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra by March 29, when the current lease expires.

According to the document, a working group that identified a violation of the lease terms had been created by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s decree. Father Superior of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Metropolitan Pavel said on March 13 that the monks would not comply with the order to leave the monastery.

On March 14, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent letters to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani, urging them to demand that Kiev stop its arbitrariness against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Dujarric said in response to a TASS request for comment on Lavrov’s letter that the UN chief believed every country should ensure religious freedom and protect religious sites.

Russia Alerts UN, OSCE to Ukraine's Plan to Evict Monks From Holy Orthodox Christian Site

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alerted the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to Ukraine's plan to drive monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) out of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, one of the most scared Orthodox Christian sites, the Russian ministry said Tuesday.

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent letters on March 14 to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani, in which he drew their attention to blatant violations of human and constitutional rights of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine," the ministry said.

Lavrov urged Guterres and Osmani to "take a principled stand against illegal actions of the Ukrainian regime," demand that Kiev stop repressions against Orthodox Christians and stop it from evicting UOC monks from the holy site.

The National Kiev-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Preserve ordered the monks of the UOC to leave the site by March 29 after an interdepartmental Ukrainian commission accused the monastery of violating the terms of the agreement on the use of state property. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill called the eviction repressive.

Russian forces wipe out US-made counter-battery radar in Ukraine operation

Russian forces struck a Ukrainian command post, destroyed two anti-aircraft missile systems and a US-made counter-battery radar in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Thursday.

"In the area of the settlement of Kamyshevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the command post of the Ukrainian army’s 59th motorized infantry brigade was struck. Near the community of Yasenovoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a Ukrainian S-300 surface-to-air missile system was destroyed," the spokesman said.

"Also, in the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka, a Ukrainian Osa-AKM surface-to-air missile system was obliterated. In the area of the community of Minkovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a US-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station was eliminated," the general added.

In the past 24 hours, Russian operational/tactical and army aviation aircraft, missile troops and artillery struck 93 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 186 areas, the spokesman said.

Battles in Kupyansk direction

Russian forces struck Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Kupyansk area, eliminating about 50 enemy troops over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

Russian artillerymen destroyed the firing positions of the Ukrainian Gvozdika self-propelled guns and an ammunition depot near Maryinka in the DPR, said Bigma, head of the press center of the Yug group

"In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the enemy’s manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Gryanikovka, Kotlyarovka and Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region, Novosyolovskoye and Rozovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.

The strikes eliminated the enemy manpower and military hardware, the general said.

"As many as 50 Ukrainian personnel, two motor vehicles, and also a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed," Konashenkov reported.

Battles in Krasny Liman direction

Russian forces eliminated over 100 Ukrainian troops and six pieces of equipment in the Krasny Liman area over the past day, he said.

"In the Krasny Liman direction, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the battlegroup Center struck the enemy units," the spokesman said.

The strikes "eliminated over 100 Ukrainian personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery gun and a D-30 howitzer," the general specified.

Battles in Donetsk direction

Russian forces eliminated roughly 275 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

The strikes "In the Donetsk direction, as many as 275 Ukrainian personnel, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, an Uragan multiple rocket launcher, a D-20 howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and also a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of active operations by units of the southern battlegroup, air strikes and artillery fire," the spokesman said.

Battles in southern Donetsk, Zaporozhye directions

Russian forces destroyed roughly 60 Ukrainian troops, four tanks and a US-made M777 artillery system in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, operational/tactical aircraft and artillery of the battlegroup East employed combined firepower to inflict damage on the Ukrainian army units near the settlements of Ugledar and Pavlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Novodanilovka and Shcherbakov in the Zaporozhye Region, the spokesman said.

"The enemy’s losses in those directions in the past 24 hours totaled 60 Ukrainian personnel, four tanks, an armored vehicle, a D-20 howitzer and a US-made M777 artillery system," the general specified.

Battles in Kherson direction

Russian forces destroyed over 35 Ukrainian troops, two Grad multiple rocket launchers and a D-30 howitzer in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the Kherson direction, over 35 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two Grad multiple rocket launchers and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.

Russia’s Aerospace Forces down Ukrainian MiG-29 warplane

Russian combat aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet in the Lugansk People’s Republic over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces downed a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 plane near the community of Novovodyanoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.

Russian air defenses intercept eight HIMARS, Uragan rockets

Russian air defense forces intercepted eight HIMARS and Uragan rockets, a HARM anti-radiation missile and destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Konashenkov reported.

"In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted eight rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, and also a HARM anti-radiation missile. In addition, they destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near the communities of Ivanovka in the Kharkov Region, Zelyony Gai, Verkhnetoretskoye and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Malaya Kardashinka and Alyoshki in the Kherson Region," the spokesman said.

In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 402 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 221 helicopters, 3,434 unmanned aerial vehicles, 414 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,316 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,062 multiple launch rocket systems, 4,372 field artillery guns and mortars and 8,959 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.

Kalbe Farma kembangkan teknologi benang bedah produksi dalam negeri

Contoh produk benang bedah produksi PT Kalbe Farma TBK melalui anak perusahaannya PT Forsta yang memenuhi TKDN sebesar 42 persen (ANTARA/Fitra Ashari)

PT Kalbe Farma TBK melalui anak perusahaannya PT Forsta Kalmedic Global mengembangkan teknologi benang bedah produksi dalam negeri sebagai upaya meningkatkan produksi alat kesehatan lokal.

Presiden Direktur PT Kalbe Farma TBK Vidjongtius saat seminar nasional di Jakarta, Kamis, mengatakan kebutuhan alat kesehatan, yang selama ini masih impor dari luar negeri, mendorong mereka berkontribusi untuk memperbanyak pemain lokal di sektor teknologi kesehatan.

“Karena justru kita melihat kenapa semua impor terus, itu yang membuka ide kita untuk produksi lokal. Seperti yang kita tahu kebutuhan alat kesehatan maupun bahan habis pakai itu banyak sekali, tapi, kita lihat mana teknologi yang bisa kita kuasai supaya lebih cepat,” kata Vidjongtius.

Dia mengatakan pembuatan benang bedah di industri kesehatan lokal memang belum banyak, maka itu Kalbe menggandeng beberapa kementerian dan lembaga untuk bersama-sama memenuhi pemasaran produk alat kesehatan dengan angka Tingkat Komponen Dalam Negeri (TKDN) sebesar 42 persen.

Vidjongtius mengatakan pengembangan teknologi benang bedah dilakukan di Korea Selatan dengan mengirimkan peneliti muda untuk mempelajari teknologi di sana selama satu bulan. Teknologi tersebut diterapkan di Indonesia dengan supervisi dari Korea Selatan.

Distribusi benang bedah produksi lokal itu sudah menjangkau seluruh daerah di setiap provinsi. Mereka juga melakukan edukasi kepada tenaga kesehatan juga agar mau mengganti produk impor ke produk lokal.

“Kepada tenaga medis sudah pasti banyak edukasi, saya rasa itu satu hal yang wajar, ada dorongan dari kebijakan pemerintah itu semua membantu, TKDN-nya ini kan sudah 42 persen, jadi, sudah jauh di atas standar Kemenperin,” kata Vidjongtius.

Kalbe menargetkan produksi benang bedah tahap awal dalam setahun bisa menggantikan produk impor sampai dengan 20. Mereka juga berupaya

dan berupaya sampai 50 persen, serta terus mengembangkan produk kesehatan.

Bule Kurang Ajar Lagi di Bali Irjen Pol Fadil Imran ga geram?

Sebuah video kembali memperlihatkan bule kurang ajar mengajak ribut polisi yang bertugas di Bali, ini kejadian kesekian kaliya. Tidak ada kabar dari Irjen Pol Fadil Imran, ia geram atau tidak melihat itu. Apa cuma berani hanya kepada bangsa Sendiri sama barat (Amerika) takut ?

Kini Bali seolah menjadi tanah air orang - orang luar, sehingga mereka berani semena mena, melanggar aturan. Banyak bule bikin ulah, Bule yang tidak pakai helm ditilang polisi malah lebih galak dan cari ribut.

Keributan bule yang satu ini sampai masuk media internasional, News.com.au. Akun Instagram moscow_cabang_bali mengunggah operasi tilang di Bali.

Dalam video tersebut terlihat seorang bule yang mengendarai motor. Kesalahan pertamanya adalah tidak menggunakan helm dan bertelanjang dada. News.com.au mencatat bahwa turis ini memiliki akses Amerika Utara.

Bule ini diberhentikan di tengah jalan. Saat sedang diperiksa, bule ini malah ngegas.

"Kamu ingin mencuri uang, kamu ingin mencuri uang," ucapnya berkali-kali.

Polisi yang bertugas memintanya untuk berhenti bicara. Tapi di sinilah kekacuan mulai.

"Stop!" kata petugas.

Si bule ini tetap nyerocos bahwa ini tidak adil.

"Saya melihat bahwa ada banyak orang tak pakai helm. Kenapa hanya saya yang ditilang?" cerocosnya.

Parahnya lagi, bule ini malah sok berkuasa.

"Di sini Bali butuh ekspat. Kalian butuh uang kami," katanya.

Polisi di sekelilingnya emosi.

"Stop talking! Kami bisa mendeportasi kamu!" seru petugas.

Tapi bule ini benar-benar ngeyel. Cuaca Bali yang terik membuat adu mulut makin panas.

Seorang petugas meminta bule ini untuk memindahkan motornya. Tapi bule ini malah membentak petugas dan memintanya untuk tidak menyentuhnya.

Video ini terpotong, tak tahu bagaimana kelanjutannya. Tapi yang jelas, kolom komentar dari unggahan ini ramai dengan netizen asing.

Banyak yang tidak setuju dengan si bule. Tentu saja, sudah salah eh malah ngotot.

"Tegakkan hukum di Indonesia. Anda tidak ingin diremehkan dan dihina di negara Anda sendiri," kata netizen.

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"Polisi, saran saja, jika dia tidak menghormati hukum Indonesia, borgol saja dia," tambah yang lain.

"Bule ini beruntung, kalau di Amerika dia pasti sudah dibekuk di tanah," tulis yang lain.

Irjen Pol Fadil Imran, darah saya mendidih melihat itu apa anda juga demikian?

US senator wants 'nuclear war' – Moscow

FILE PHOTO: Lindsey Graham. ©Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Russia’s ambassador to the US has accused Senator Lindsey Graham of trying to provoke a “dangerous escalation” between the two countries, after the senior lawmaker urged the Pentagon to fire on Russian fighter jets.

Asked about Graham’s comments on Wednesday, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said the senator’s call to shoot down Russian aircraft went “far beyond common sense” and risked all-out war between the world’s largest nuclear powers.

“This is by no means the first attempt by the notorious lawmaker to provoke a dangerous escalation in the US-Russian relations. A year ago he urged our citizens to make an assassination attempt on the president of Russia,” he said. “Does Senator Graham really believe that a direct military clash with Russia is in the interests of the voters who entrusted him with their lives and livelihood?”

Is the Capitol willing to put American citizens and the international community at risk of a full-scale nuclear war? Give us an answer, distinguished Senator!

Graham appeared on Fox News earlier on Wednesday to discuss a recent close encounter between Russian fighter jets and a US MQ-9 Reaper drone near Crimea, calling for a tough response from President Joe Biden after the UAV was sent plunging into the Black Sea.

“What would Ronald Reagan do right now? He would start shooting Russian planes down, if they were threatening our assets,” Graham told the outlet, referring to the US leader who served at the height of Cold War brinkmanship with the Soviet Union.

While US officials claimed one of the Russian planes collided with the drone and caused it to crash, the Russian Defense Ministry said the unmanned vehicle went down after stalling, and never came into contact with another aircraft.

Antonov went on to argue that Moscow “did everything possible to prevent this kind of incident,” including informing the international community “in good time about the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime” established in the area.

While the ambassador said it is a “shame for the Pentagon to lose an expensive piece of equipment,” he insisted “it is not the Russian pilots who should be called out,” but rather American politicians, “who are inciting the start of an apocalyptic conflict.”

Washington has flown drones and surveillance craft near the Russian border on a near-constant basis over the last year, providing intelligence – along with weapons, ammunition and money – to the Ukrainian government even as it insists it is not a party to the conflict.

The exact location of this week’s drone encounter was not confirmed by either government, though Russian news outlets have reported that the Reaper’s last location was about 60 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of the Crimean port of Sevastopol.

TikTok mengatakan AS mengancam larangan jika pemilik China tidak menjual sahamnya

Logo Tik Tok cetak 3D terlihat di depan A.S. bendera dalam ilustrasi ini diambil 6 Oktober 2020. Gambar diambil 6 Oktober 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Pemerintahan Biden telah menuntut agar pemilik TikTok di China melepaskan saham mereka di aplikasi video populer atau menghadapi kemungkinan AS. larangan, perusahaan mengatakan kepada Reuters pada hari Rabu.

Langkah tersebut adalah yang paling dramatis dalam serangkaian langkah baru-baru ini oleh A.S. pejabat dan legislator yang telah menimbulkan kekhawatiran bahwa TikTok A.S. data pengguna dapat diteruskan ke pemerintah China. TikTok milik ByteDance memiliki lebih dari 100 juta U.S. pengguna.

Ini juga pertama kalinya di bawah pemerintahan Presiden Demokrat Joe Biden potensi larangan terhadap TikTok terancam. Pendahulu Biden, Donald Trump dari Partai Republik, telah mencoba melarang TikTok pada tahun 2020 tetapi diblokir oleh AS. pengadilan.

Juru bicara TikTok Brooke Oberwetter mengatakan kepada Reuters bahwa perusahaan baru-baru ini mendengar dari AS. Komite Penanaman Modal Asing di Amerika Serikat (CFIUS) yang dipimpin oleh Departemen Keuangan, yang menuntut agar pemilik aplikasi China menjual saham mereka, dan mengatakan jika tidak, mereka akan menghadapi kemungkinan AS. larangan aplikasi video.

The Wall Street Journal pertama kali melaporkan langkah tersebut. ByteDance mengonfirmasi bahwa 60% sahamnya dimiliki oleh investor global, 20% oleh karyawan, dan 20% oleh pendirinya.

CFIUS, badan keamanan nasional yang kuat, dengan suara bulat merekomendasikan pada tahun 2020 agar ByteDance mendivestasi TikTok. Di bawah tekanan dari Presiden Trump saat itu, ByteDance pada akhir tahun 2020 gagal menyelesaikan kesepakatan dengan Walmart dan Oracle Corp untuk menggeser TikTok di AS. aset menjadi entitas baru.

"Jika melindungi keamanan nasional adalah tujuannya, divestasi tidak menyelesaikan masalah: perubahan kepemilikan tidak akan memaksakan pembatasan baru pada arus data atau akses," kata Oberwetter dari Tiktok dalam sebuah pernyataan.

Gedung Putih menolak berkomentar.

Kepala Eksekutif TikTok Shou Zi Chew akan hadir di AS. Kongres minggu depan. Tidak jelas apakah pemerintah China akan menyetujui divestasi apa pun dan Kedutaan Besar China di Washington tidak segera menanggapi permintaan komentar.

Bulan lalu, Gedung Putih memberikan waktu 30 hari kepada lembaga pemerintah untuk memastikan mereka tidak memiliki TikTok di perangkat dan sistem federal. Lebih dari 30 A.S. negara bagian juga telah melarang karyawan menggunakan TikTok di perangkat milik pemerintah.

Larangan A.S. akan menghadapi rintangan hukum yang signifikan dan potensi konsekuensi politik, karena TikTok populer di kalangan jutaan anak muda Amerika.

Pekan lalu, Senator Demokrat Mark Warner mengatakan penting bagi A.S. pemerintah berbuat lebih banyak untuk memperjelas apa yang diyakininya sebagai risiko keamanan nasional dari TikTok. "Ini akan menjadi kewajiban pemerintah untuk menunjukkan kartunya dalam hal bagaimana ini merupakan ancaman," kata Warner.

TikTok dan CFIUS telah bernegosiasi selama lebih dari dua tahun mengenai persyaratan keamanan data. TikTok mengatakan telah menghabiskan lebih dari $1,5 miliar untuk upaya keamanan data yang ketat dan menolak tuduhan mata-mata.

TikTok mengatakan pada hari Rabu bahwa "cara terbaik untuk mengatasi kekhawatiran tentang keamanan nasional adalah dengan perlindungan AS yang transparan dan berbasis di AS. data dan sistem pengguna, dengan pemantauan, pemeriksaan, dan verifikasi pihak ketiga yang kuat."

Pekan lalu, Gedung Putih mendukung undang-undang oleh selusin senator untuk memberikan kekuasaan baru kepada pemerintah untuk melarang TikTok dan teknologi berbasis asing lainnya jika mereka menimbulkan ancaman keamanan nasional. Itu bisa memberi pemerintahan Biden amunisi baru di pengadilan jika mereka berusaha melarang TikTok.

Penasihat keamanan nasional Gedung Putih Jake Sullivan memuji RUU bipartisan, mengatakan itu "akan memperkuat kemampuan kita untuk mengatasi risiko diskrit yang ditimbulkan oleh transaksi individu, dan risiko sistemik yang ditimbulkan oleh kelas transaksi tertentu yang melibatkan negara-negara yang berkepentingan di sektor teknologi yang sensitif."

Komite Urusan Luar Negeri Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat bulan ini memberikan suara sesuai dengan garis partai pada RUU yang lebih luas yang ditujukan untuk Tiktok, disponsori oleh Perwakilan Republik Michael McCaul, yang menurut Demokrat akan meminta pemerintah untuk secara efektif melarang TikTok dan anak perusahaan ByteDance lainnya.

Attack on Russian plane in neutral airspace to be seen as declaration of war — diplomat

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov
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A deliberate attack on a Russian aircraft in neutral airspace would be an open declaration of war against the largest nuclear power, Moscow is not seeking confrontation, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday.

"Some lawmakers’ calls go far beyond common sense," he said, commenting on US Senator Lindsey Graham’s (from South Karolina) threats to shoot down Russian planes approaching US aircraft in international airspace.

"The Russian Ministry of Defense has explained in detail the reasons and course of actions of Russian pilots during yesterday’s incident over the Black Sea. I repeat, for those who have not gathered themselves to look at the situation objectively: our fighters did not come into contact with the American UAV," he said, commenting on the loss of a MQ-9 American drone.

"Russia did everything possible to prevent this kind of incident - it informed the international community in good time about the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime established for the special military operation." he added.

"Of course, it is a shame for the Pentagon to lose expensive piece of equipment. But in this case, the US military should redirect accusations of unprofessional actions back to themselves," he noted.

"As for the aforementioned senator, this is by no means the first attempt by the notorious lawmaker to provoke a dangerous escalation in the US-Russian relations. A year ago he urged our citizens to make an assassination attempt on the president of Russia. Does Senator Graham really believe that a direct military clash with Russia is in the interests of the voters who entrusted him with their lives and livelihood?" the Russian ambassador noted.

"A deliberate attack on a Russian aircraft in neutral airspace is not just a crime under international law, but an open declaration of war against the largest nuclear power. An armed conflict between Russia and the United States would be radically different from the proxy war the Americans are waging remotely against us in Ukraine," Antonov warned. "Is the Capitol willing to put American citizens and the international community at risk of a full-scale nuclear war? Give us an answer, distinguished Senator!"

"It is not the Russian pilots who should be called out, but American politicians who are inciting the start of an apocalyptic conflict. We do not seek a conflict with a nuclear power. We continue to maintain contacts, including through the Defense Ministry, to prevent unintentional incidents. I wish US politicians had the same attitude toward relations with Russia," the Russian diplomat stressed.

According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Russian airspace control systems detected an American MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle flying near the Crimean Peninsula on Tuesday. The drone flew with its transponders turned off, violating a temporary boundary established for the special military operation, communicated to all users of international airspace, and published in accordance with international standards.

Russia’s top brass added that as a result of sharp maneuvering, the drone went into uncontrolled flight before losing altitude and crashing into the Black Sea. The ministry stressed that Russian fighter jets had not used on-board weapons, nor had they come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle, and returned safely to their home airfield.

According to the US European Command, one of the two Russian Su-27 warplanes hit the drone’s propeller to make it crash into the Black Sea.

MQ-9 Reaper is a modular reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle engineered by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. It is equipped with a turboprop engine and can develop a speed of more than 400 kilometer per hour. The maximal flight duration is 24 hours. The drone is capable of carrying air-to-surface and air-to-air missiles, and laser-guided bombs.