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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pentagon has released footage of what it said was a Russian aircraft pouring fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone and clipping the drone’s propeller in international airspace over the Black Sea. The Pentagon said Thursday that the 42-second video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and releasing fuel as it passes. According to the U.S. military, on a second approach, either the same jet or another Russian fighter that had been shadowing the MQ-9 struck the drone’s propeller, damaging one blade. Russia says its warplanes didn’t strike the drone and claimed the unmanned aerial vehicle went down after making a sharp maneuver.