Turkish F-16s shoot down uncontrolled drone over Black Sea

On Monday, December 15, Turkish F-16 fighter jets shot down a drone over the Black Sea that had gotten out of control and was approaching the country's airspace.

The Turkish Ministry of Defense has reported this.

The ministry noted that combat aircraft were raised after fixing an air target moving towards Turkish airspace. Later it turned out that it was an unmanned aerial vehicle.

"It was determined that the trail was an unmanned aerial vehicle that got out of control; to avoid negative consequences, it was shot down in a safe zone outside of populated areas," the country's Defense Ministry said.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on November 29, the tankers Kairos and Virat were attacked in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey. According to media reports, the tankers were part of russia's "shadow fleet" that it uses to export oil to circumvent sanctions.

And on December 2, 180 kilometers off the coast of Turkey, the russian tanker Midvolga-2 was attacked. It was transporting a cargo of sunflower oil from russia to Georgia.

After that, the Turkish company Besiktas Shipping, one of whose tankers was attacked by drones off the coast of Senegal, announced the termination of cooperation with the aggressor country russia.