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Lloyd Austin and Russian counterpart speak after fighter jet hits US drone

By Mike Brest
Published March 15, 2023 7:21pm ET
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Lloyd Austin and Russian counterpart speak after fighter jet hits US drone
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu regarding the Russian fighter pilot who collided with a U.S. drone. Two Russian Su-27 aircraft dumped fuel on a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 unmanned aircraft several times on Tuesday morning before one of them flew into its propeller over the Black Sea. The […]

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu regarding the Russian fighter pilot who collided with a U.S. drone.

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