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The US military announced the loss of its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in northern Africa. This drone, according Colonel Christopher Carns, spokesman for the US AF Command, was lost on November 21, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

According to the Americans, the calculation of the air defense system may have decided to shoot down the drone, believing that it was an opposition aircraft.

At the same time, an official representative of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is fighting against the Libyan National Army (LNA), told the agency that the Russian PMC is apparently responsible. Air defense system operators “did not know that it was an American aircraft with remote control when they fired at it. But they probably know who it belongs to and refuse to return it. They say they don’t know where it is, but I don’t buy it him, ”said Reuters in a statement to General Stephen Townsend, head of the African Command.

At the same time, an official representative of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is fighting against the Libyan National Army (LNA), told the agency that the aircraft was shot down by a Russian-made air defense system. According to Reuters, neither the Ministry of Defense, nor the Russian Foreign Ministry gave any comments on this event.