the African command of the U.S. armed forces (AFRICOM) believes they are missing at the end of November in the sky over Libya, the drone could be shot down by Russian air defense systems and requires the return of the wreckage. About it announced on Saturday, the Reuters news Agency.
"the Incident highlighted the growing role of Moscow in the energy-rich country where, reportedly, Russian mercenaries intervene on behalf of the commander of the Eastern Libya Khalifa the Haftarot in the civil war in Libya," the message reads.
Commander of AFRICOM Stephen Townsend in an interview with Reuters said that control air defenses during the attack "was not aware that the drone belongs to the United States". "But now they probably know who it belongs to, and refuse to return it," said Townsend.
the US, which has not previously been disclosed, concludes that either the Russian private military contractors, or the so-called Libyan national army Haftorah exploited means of defense in a time when unmanned aircraft was lost on 21 November, said the representative of the air force African command air force Colonel Christopher Karns.
the Russian side has repeatedly denied the relevant statements. So, the Kremlin is called "duck" the US claims about the alleged destabilizing role of "military intervention" of Russia in the settlement of the situation in Libya, and the Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, said that the assertion that "Russian mercenaries" are present in Libya are rumors.
However, Reuters claim that one current and one former Russian contractor told the Agency that since September, the Libyan national army received ground support from several hundred private military contractors of the Russian group.
oil-Rich Libya has plunged into chaos of armed conflict in 2011 when an international military coalition helped rebels to overthrow the leader Muammar Gaddafi. Islamic extremists used the situation to expand its capabilities in the country. In 2015, Libya has been divided between two governments, one in Tripoli and another in the East. Forces loyal to the Eastern government, are trying to seize control of the capital since April.
