Ukraine War: US drone crash 'almost certainly caused by incompetent Russian pilot'

Sky News military analyst Sean Bell says a US Reaper drone was likely downed over the Black Sea by accident.

Footage released by the Pentagon showed a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on the craft and then crashing into its propellor.

Bell said the incident was "almost certainly not intentional" and likely due to an "incompetent Russian pilot".

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[loppadus]

The incompetent one is standing in front of a screen in the studio

[Franxis_PR]

“ special refueling operations” is what Russia calls it

[acubens_]

If u slow down the video and look carefully u would see the Russian pilot whacking the drone wit a S-2 5th generation shovel which cost only 5 dollars

[martinbrault]

The pilot can't be to incompetent if he was able to bring down a U.S drone, which by the way was gathering intel of Russian positions for the Ukrainian military

[chill]

He is very competent. That was the order he got.

[oliveryt]

"Incompetent"... lol... That pilot is very competent: He knew what he was doing and how to do it. He is very competent.

If it was a Ukrainian aircraft, Sky News would have called him a hero...

[austurian]

I like how the media put a spin on this incident and blaming the pilot for his incompetent.😂

[dimas]

Russian pilot is clearly an Ace. So accurate and calculated moves just enough to disable US drone and not damage own jet. Hats off!

[mikevalentino]

That's not an accident that's an intentional drowning of a drone... dunno how it could be more intentional.

[laramonroe]

The fuel dump part was not incompetence though.

[McÐädi]

It was completely intentional to try to bring down the drone, but now it happened "just by accident" in a slightly different way.

[ste]

It was a great aerial manoeuvre and worth of being in a scene of Top Gun

[ChickenLegs-fppy]

Bear in mind the Reapers top speed is slower than the SU-27's lowest speed so this would be quite a difficult maneuver to accomplish. Incompetence isn't by the pilot, it's by the so called military analyst.

[MaiViaify]

Its look like the real life Top Gun Maverick is a Russian pilot…insane flying skill!

[BladeRunner]

Incompetence would imply it was unintentional.
But the footage makes it clear they intended this.

So calling it incompetence is clearly just designed language as an insult either to illicit a response from Russia or save face.

[veronicagallo]

*Incompetence would imply it was unintentional. But the footage makes it clear they intended this.*
*So calling it incompetence is clearly just designed language to save face.*

[Betelgeusewaitforit]

The pilots are OP!! Incompetent? They down the advanced drone without a projectile. I am willing to bet that the pilot knew the Pascal's of air pressure required to knock the drone off it's technical limits. That is not incompetent, it's brilliance.

[InspireMe]

the Russian pilot knew what he was doing. Not incompetent at all.

[thepatriotsrage]

Incompetent pilot? More like VERY competent. That was damn good flying.

[ericxu]

The Russian pilots are very capable and professional .... they did as they were required and intended to do