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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 15 March 2023
U.S. says Russian warplane hits American drone over Black Sea

By KARL RITTER want to deter or dissuade
Associated Press us from flying, and oper-
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Rus- ating in international air-
sian fighter jet struck the space, over the Black Sea,
propeller of a U.S. surveil- then that message will fail,”
lance drone over the Black Kirby said, adding “that is
Sea on Tuesday in a “bra- not going to happen.”
zen violation of internation- “We’re going to continue
al law,” causing American to fly and operate in in-
forces to bring down the ternational airspace over
unmanned aerial vehicle, international waters,” he
the U.S. said. said. “The Black Sea be-
The incident, which raised longs to no one nation.”
tensions over Moscow’s The U.S. European Com-
war in Ukraine, appeared mand said the incident
to mark the first time since followed a pattern of dan-
the height of the Cold War gerous actions by Russian
that a U.S. aircraft was pilots while interacting with
brought down after being U.S. and Allied aircraft over
hit by a Russian warplane. A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, international airspace, in-
U.S. President Joe Biden Jan. 23, 2018. Associated Press cluding over the Black Sea.
was briefed on the incident “These aggressive ac-
by national security adviser The U.S. European Com- European Command said caused both aircraft to tions by Russian aircrew
Jake Sullivan, according mand said in a statement in a statement from Stutt- crash.” are dangerous and could
to White House National that two Russian Su-27 gart, Germany.“This inci- There was no immediate lead to miscalculation and
Security spokesman John fighter jets “conducted an dent demonstrates a lack reaction from Moscow, unintended escalation,” it
Kirby. He added that U.S. unsafe and unprofessional of competence in addition which has repeatedly warned. Gen. David Berg-
State Department officials intercept” of a U.S. MQ-9 to being unsafe and unpro- voiced concern about U.S. er, commandant of the
would be speaking directly drone that was operat- fessional,” it added. intelligence flights close Marine Corps, said that this
with their Russian counter- ing within international air- U.S. Air Force Gen. James to the Crimean Peninsula, type of collision is his great-
parts and “expressing our space over the Black Sea. B. Hecker, commander of which Russia illegally an- est concern, both in that
concerns over this unsafe It said one of the Russian U.S. Air Forces Europe and nexed from Ukraine in 2014. area of Europe as well as in
and unprofessional inter- fighters “struck the propel- Air Forces Africa, said the The Kremlin has charged the Pacific.
cept.” ler of the MQ-9, causing MQ-9 aircraft was “con- that by providing weapons “Probably my biggest worry
State Department spokes- U.S. forces to have to bring ducting routine operations to Ukraine and sharing in- both there and in the Pa-
man Ned Price called it a the MQ-9 down in inter- in international airspace telligence information with cific is an aggressive Rus-
“brazen violation of inter- national waters.” Prior to when it was intercepted Kyiv, the U.S. and its allies sia or China pilot or vessel
national law.” He said the that, the Su-27s dumped and hit by a Russian air- have effectively become captain, or something gets
U.S. summoned the Rus- fuel on and flew in front craft, resulting in a crash engaged in the conflict. too close, doesn’t realize
sian ambassador to lodge of the MQ-9 several times and complete loss of the Kirby emphasized that the where they are, and causes
a protest and the U.S. am- before the collision in “a MQ-9.” incident wouldn’t deter the a collision,” Berger said, in
bassador to Russia, Lynne reckless, environmentally He added that “in fact, this U.S. from continuing their response to a question at
Tracy, has made similar unsound and unprofes- unsafe and unprofessional missions in the area. a National Press Club event
representations in Moscow. sional manner,” the U.S. act by the Russians nearly “if the message is that they on Tuesday.q

Mexico to use traditional medicine, more Cuban doctors

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Health patients. “Thanks to tradi- The system also will seek to
authorities in Mexico said tional medicine, humans double the approximately
Tuesday they will use more have managed to over- 600 Cuban doctors who
traditional medicine and come threats to their physi- have been offered jobs in
more Cuban doctors in the cal, emotional and spiritual Mexico. While many Mexi-
country’s woefully under- wellbeing,” Health Secre- can hospitals lack special-
equipped public hospital tary Jorge Alcocer said at ized doctors especially in
system. Zoe Robledo, the the news conference. rural or violence-plagued
head of Mexico’s largest The hospitals and clinics will areas the country’s health
public hospital network, also employ midwifes and care system has even stark-
said at a news conference people who practice a tra- er deficits of medicines,
that the system will hire 753 ditional form of chiroprac- hospitals and equipment.
practitioners of traditional tic medicine. Patients’ relatives often
massage and herbal treat- Apparently, they won’t have to go and search for
ments. necessarily be licensed medications, surgical sup-
The Social Security Institute professionals. plies and donated blood in
will also employ “curande- Instead, they will “base order to get the care their
ros,” who are non-licensed their treatment on ances- loved ones need.
healers who use bundles of tral knowledge,” accord- That is largely the result of
Hilaria Rodriguez, reviews her plants in a traditional Mayan
medicine center, in the community of Na balam, in the Mexican herbs, smoke, alcohol and ing to a statement by the decades of under-invest-
state of Chiapas, Oct. 19, 2000. eggs to “draw” sickness office of President Andrés ment in the health care
Associated Press out of the bodies of their Manuel López Obrador. system.q