US Air Force UAVs continue reconnaissance off Crimea despite Russia's call to stop
The US Air Force RQ-4B-30 Global Hawk strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft conducted reconnaissance off the coast of Crimea on January 7. This information was posted on Twitter by the Plane Radar monitoring resource.
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| The Crimean peninsula is separated from mainland Russia by the Kerch Strait. Photo: Google Maps/zing.vn |
According to the portal, the drone flew from the Sigonella airbase in Italy in the morning and headed towards the front line in Donbass.
In the evening of the same day, the device began a reconnaissance flight along the Russian Black Sea coast and approached the coastline of the Sevastopol area at a distance of 33 km, then returned to the airbase at 03:00 (Hanoi time).
On the same day, a US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon air defense patrol aircraft was detected off the coast of Crimea. The aircraft ended its mission at 02:50 Hanoi time.
Recently, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft and UAVs near Russian borders has increased. In particular, they have been detected both in the Crimea and Krasnodar regions, and near Russia's western borders.
The Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly called on Washington to end such activities, but the Pentagon has rejected this request.
