Kremlin Jet Forces US Spy Drone Down

A RUSSIAN MiG-31 fighter jet intercepted a US drone over the Black Sea as tensions mount.

- Robert Kellaway

It forced the Global Hawk to return to its base in Italy, Kremlin sources said.

The spy drone was over neutral waters south of Crimea. The drama followed the Ukrainian firing of US Atacms missiles in Sevastopol.

On Sunday, a cluster munition exploded over a crowded beach in the naval city, killing four people including two children.