Russia-U.S. relations in ‘lamentable state’ amid drone incident, Kremlin says – National | 24CA News

The Kremlin mentioned on Wednesday that relations with the United States have been in a “lamentable state” and at their lowest stage, after Washington accused Russia of downing one in every of its reconnaissance drones over the Black Sea.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed reporters that there had been no high-level contact with Washington over the incident, however mentioned Russia would by no means refuse to interact in constructive dialogue.

The U.S. army mentioned on Tuesday {that a} Russian fighter aircraft had clipped the propeller of one in every of its spy drones because it flew over the Black Sea in worldwide air area, inflicting it to fall into the water.

Russia denied this, suggesting it had crashed as a result of “sharp manoeuvring.”