MOSCOW, Aug 26 MQ-9 drone On August 25, the so-called «coalition» of the United States dangerously approached a Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky over Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit said at a briefing.
«August 25 at 17.35 in the Al-Tanf area at an altitude of about 7200 meters, a coalition reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 dangerously approached a Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which was making a scheduled flight along the southern border of Syria», Kulit said.
He stressed that the «coalition» led by the United States violated deconfliction protocols 11 times in a day, and in the area of the Al-Tanf zone, 17 violations were recorded in a day by four pairs of F-35 fighters, a pair of F-16 fighters, and two pairs of fighters «Typhoon» and three multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicles MQ-1C «coalition».
«By such actions, the «coalition» continues to create dangerous prerequisites for aviation incidents and accidents, and also aggravates the situation in the airspace of Syria,» Kulit added.