U.S. officials pledged to continue operating surveillance drones in international airspace, despite warnings from Ukrainian officials that more incidents over the Black Sea are “inevitable.”
Wednesday morning, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned the Black Sea “will not be a safe place” as long as Russia controls the Crimean peninsula, which it illegally annexed in 2014, eight years before Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Wednesday the drone, which crashed in the Black Sea as a result of the incident, may not be recovered, telling it now lies in “very, very deep water” and that officials are assessing whether a recovery effort is feasible.Despite U.S. officials continuing to supply Ukraine with humanitarian and military support, including advanced weapons like high-power
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