The US State Department is calling on the Russian ambassador to convey its “serious objections” to the downing of a US Reaper drone over the Black Sea, a spokesman said.
The “high-level engagement” to Ambassador Anatoly Antonov was scheduled to take place later Tuesday afternoon, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
At the meeting, the ambassador “will hear directly from senior officials about our strong objections to what was clearly an unsafe and unprofessional interception of a Russian aircraft,” the spokesman said.
In Moscow, US Ambassador Lynne Tracy “sent a strong message to the Russian State Department” about the incident, according to Price.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently traveling and is not in Washington, DC.
