On July 16, the US unmanned strategic reconnaissance RQ-4 Global Hawk inspected the line of our confrontation with the aggressor - from the southern coast of Crimea through Ochakov and Mariupol to Slavyansk. The mission started around 8 am from the Italian military base Sigonella, which is on the island of Sicily. Despite the fact that the scout was scanning the territory at a sufficient distance, the Su-27 fighter was raised to intercept it. Approached from the west to the Crimea, it was detected by the radar stations of the aggressor country. At about 10:36 from the airbase Belbek interceptor Su-27SM rose. The pilot of the "drying" found an American drone, but he constantly changed course and height, so Putin's "falcon" many times lost eye contact. The game of cat and mouse lasted about 2.

5 hours, after which the "Global Hawk" went through the Mykolayiv and Kherson region to Mariupol, and then turned to the north and walked along the line of military operations in Donbass. The RQ-4 flew at an altitude of about 17 kilometers, at a speed of 600-700 kilometers per hour. Having reached Slavyansk, Hawk turned to the west, passed over the Dnieper and Uman, and at 21:10 crossed the border of Ukraine with Romania near the city of Chernivtsi. The flight of the scout lasted a total of more than 16 hours. Source: Dumskaya.