US drone spotted near Russia's Black Sea coast
The US Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has conducted a multi-hour flight over Russia's Black Sea coast.
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| Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Photo: US Air Force |
According to Plane Radar data, the UAV took off from the NATO Sigonella airbase in Italy and at 12:19 Moscow time began monitoring the demarcation line in Donbass.
After completing one flight, from the Nikolaev region of Ukraine, the UAV flew towards the coast of Crimea and the Krasnodar region.
The aircraft flew in the area for about eight hours, occasionally approaching the Russian coast, about 40 km away. At 22:19 the drone returned to the base's airfield.
Around noon, a US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft was also spotted near Russia's Black Sea coast.