Russia: America's drone is exhausting our forces in Syria

Russia: America's drone is exhausting our forces in Syria

Jul 29 2023

ARK News… The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that an American drone approached one of its fighters while it was flying over Syrian territory, in a new contact incident this week.

The deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center at the Himeimim base, Oleg Gorinov, announced that an MQ-9 drone of the international coalition led by the United States of America came "dangerously close to the Russian (Su-34) fighter in the Syrian governorate of Raqqa, on the 28th of July. At exactly 07:55, at an altitude of 5,000 meters, in the village of Nafla, in the Syrian governorate of Raqqa.

He added, "The Russian pilots, who showed high professionalism, took the necessary measures in a timely manner to avoid a collision with the "coalition" aircraft, as he claimed.

The deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center expressed his concern about what he described as the "clear provocative and aggressive nature of the actions" of the drones in their dealings with the Russian Air Force.

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