First Thing: Moscow told to respect international airspace after US drone crash

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A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US Reaper drone, forcing it into the Black Sea, in what US forces called an “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept. Responding to the incident, the British defence secretary, Ben Wallace, urged Moscow to respect international airspace.

What has Russia said? Russia has called on the US to halt what it calls its “hostile” flights, after the collision of a Russian fighter jet with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that the Pentagon said was conducting a routine flight. Moscow’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said: “We presume the United States will refrain from further speculation in the media space and will stop flying near Russian borders.”

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