Unspreceding images see the moment that a Russian SU-35 beam hunter came to the Mediterranean Sea within a meter of a French Reaper-Drone, according to French officials.
The French Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecornu placed the point-of-view perspective of the MQ-9 Predator-Drone while this Sunday rose above the sea.
Video showed the Sukhoi Multirole Fighter that buzzed the French drone, a maneuver Lecornu 'Dangerous'.
He said that the Jet made 'three consecutive close -passes', which he warned he could have led to the 'loss of control over the drone'.
Lecornu wrote on X that it “demonstrated an intention to limit the free air circulation in shared spaces.”
“This was a deliberate, unprofessional and aggressive action that is unacceptable.”
Lecornu, in the role since 2022, assured that France would 'continue to act to defend freedoms of navigation in international aerial and maritime spaces'.
The Minister of Defense said that the drone was “on a security mission at the time.”
His counterparts in Russia have not yet commented on the incident.
The view from the MQ-9 drone shows the SU-35 that passes in the neighborhood in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Lecornu said the plane was over three times, which was a potentially dangerous situation
The Minister of Defense claimed that the maneuver was 'intentional' and 'aggressive'
In the past, Russia has assured that 'all flights' will be carried out in strict compliance with international rules on the use of airspace' during similar narrow shaving.
Last September, Russia said that the American and coalition forces in Syria have made a 'dangerous close approach' for a Russian SU-35 in the province of Southern Homs.
French troops regularly perform missions in the Mediterranean Sea to maintain compliance with international law and to maintain freedom of navigation in international air spaces.
Italian information has assessed that Russia is actively looking for a new strategic foot in the Med with uncertainty about future access to the Syrian port of Tartus.
The fall of the Assad regime has threatened to shake the handle of Russia on the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, where the SU-35 was seen on Sunday.
Giovanni Caravelli, the director of the Italian Aise Foreign Intelligence Agency, said on Tuesday during a press conference in Rome that Russia reoriented its geopolitical strategy to North Africa and the Sahel-Saharan region.
North African coastal areas can offer a potential alternative to Tartus, Italian news and analysis -outlet Decode 39 suggests.
Aise presented his information report from 2024 in Rome yesterday.
Russia also assessed in January that France prepared for 'confrontation with our country'.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the incident, which took place on Sunday
File photo. A Russian fighter jet flies close to an American drone over Syria, July 23, 2023
File photo. An MQ-9 Reaper-Schiethellfire rocket
In the midst of further uncertainty about the role of the United States in Europe, President Ursula von der Leyen proposed a plan of 800 billion-Euro (£ 665 billion) to accommodate EU countries.
She said that the huge package 'Herbom Europe' would be placed on the 27 EU leaders, including France.
They will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels tomorrow, with the Ukrainian President Zensky now that they will return to agree to a critical minerals who have to deal with US President Trump as a first step in the direction of a ceasefiring.
European leaders have increasingly warned that a peace agreement should not be vulnerable in Ukraine – and broader Europe – for a future attack from Russia, which, following Zelensky's, call for certain security guarantees in imitation security guarantees.
The Trump government has insisted Europe to increase military expenditure and warned that his allies will no longer be able to rely on defense because it is shifting its focus on foreign policy.
Zensky made the decision to seek an increase in Trump on Tuesday after the US 'paused' all military aid to Ukraine 'pending' assessment '.
Politicians in Ukraine, Great -Britain and the United States have assessed that Ukraine might be able to sustain for a few months until the summer, without American aid – and that Europe could not fully explain the deficiency.
File photo. An MQ-9 Reaper-Drone with customs and border protection (CBP) is waiting for a mission across the border between the US and Mexico on November 4, 2022 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Arizona
Zensky and Trump argue in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28, 2025
Relations between the US-Ukraines that took a turn on Friday during a meeting between President Trump and President Zensky.
The pair clashed for reporters while Trump hurried Zelensky to sign the minerals deal, which would give the US access to parts of Ukrainian natural resources.
The Trump government argues that such a deal would guarantee long -term investments in the prosperity of Ukraine, so that Russian aggression is deterred.
Zensky has quoted dozens of cases in which he says that Russia has caught fire since 2014 -despite American companies that are active in Ukraine.
