U.S.-Russia tensions escalate after drone crash near Crimea
A U.S. surveillance drone encountered Russian warplanes Tuesday and was downed near Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15.SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Vladislav Kuznetsov, new appointed acting Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous region via a videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 15.SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks as Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov sits near during a meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 15.POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Celeste Wallander, attend a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Wednesday, March 15, at the Pentagon in Washington.POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Wednesday, March 15, at the Pentagon in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Anatoly Antonov, Russian ambassador to the United States, departs after meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Karen Donfried at the U.S. State Department in Washington, Tuesday, March 14.MINISTRY OF DEFENCE VIA AP
In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Defence, British and German air force fighter jets are scrambled to intercept a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace, Tuesday, March 14. Britain's defense ministry said the Typhoon jets responded Tuesday after a Russian air-to-air refueling aircraft failed to communicate with Estonian air traffic control. The Russian plane didn't enter the airspace of Estonia, a NATO member.RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, March 15, an Su-25 ground attack jet of the Russian air force fires rockets on a mission over Ukraine.