On the evening of March 14, Russian aircraft shot down a US reconnaissance drone. However, such actions will not lead to an escalation between Russia and the United States, because neither US President Joe Biden nor the owner of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, want to fight, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say..

US General James B. Hecker said two Russian planes crashed into a drone, almost causing both planes to crash and the drone to be lost.. The Russian Defense Ministry said the drone crashed due to " The incident will not lead to an escalation of a direct conflict between the Russian Federation and the United States,” the ISW noted..

They added that Russian troops have been committing similar provocations in various theaters of conflict for decades without causing a conflict..

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Recall, on March 14, a US Navy MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace over the Black Sea was shot down over the Black Sea.. The American side blamed Russia for this, saying that Russian Su-27 fighters did it.. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the allegedly downed US drone flew towards the Russian border and fell into the sea itself. US says Russian Su-27 fighter jets chased and attacked US drone.