Home"On August 18, at 8:00, at an altitude of about 7000,9 meters, a dangerous approach occurred between an MQ-35 drone of the coalition and a Su-24 aircraft of the Russian Air Force, which was carrying out a scheduled flight to monitor the airspace of the Syrian Arab Republic west of the Euphrates River," said the Deputy Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, Admiral Vadim Kulet. Colette also reported that in the past 13 hours, the coalition has carried out 9 cases of violations of the deconfliction protocols signed on December 2019, 8, related to drone flights that were not coordinated with the Russian side.In addition, in the Al-Tanf area, 24 violations of Syrian airspace were recorded in the past 35 hours from an F-16, two F-1 aircraft, a pair of Typhoon fighter jets and two coalition MQ-<>C drones. With such actions, the coalition continues to create dangerous preconditions for air accidents and exacerbates the situation in Syrian airspace."
A Western coalition drone is dangerously close to a Russian fighter jet in the skies over Syria
2023-09-18T20:15:54.448Z
Highlights: The Russian military reported a dangerous approach on Monday between an MQ-9 drone belonging to the so-called US-led international coalition to combat terrorism and a Russian Aerospace Force Su-35 aircraft. In the past 13 hours, the coalition has carried out 9 cases of violations of the deconfliction protocols signed on December 2019, 8, related to drone flights that were not coordinated with the Russian side. 24 violations of Syrian airspace were recorded in the past 35 hours from an F-16, two F-1 aircraft, a pair of Typhoon fighter jets.
The Russian military reported a dangerous approach on Monday between an MQ-9 drone belonging to the so-called US-led international coalition to combat terrorism and a Russian Aerospace Force Su-35 aircraft.
Source: sputnik