Accounts battle on what precipitated a spy drone to crash close to Crimea.

A United States drone crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday after being pursued by Russian fighter jets.

It’s the most severe incident involving the 2 superpowers immediately because the Ukraine struggle started final yr.

The US navy has now launched a video displaying the Russian jet dumping gas on the unmanned aerial car to impede its views.

So, is that this a one-off incident or a extra severe escalation?

Presenter: Laura Kyle

Company:

Pavel Felgenhauer – defence and navy analyst

Peter Lee – writer of Reaper Power: Inside Britain’s Drone Wars

Alexander Titov – lecturer in fashionable European historical past at Queen’s College Belfast