The Pentagon has released declassified footage of the moment a Russian jet crashed into a US drone on Tuesday.

In the video, a Russian military jet can be seen dumping fuel near the drone as it hovers overhead.

A brief shot of the drone’s damaged propeller can be seen in the aftermath of the intercept.

The de-classified video, which is about 40 seconds long, has been edited by the U.S. military for length but shows events in a sequential order, the Pentagon said.

Russia has denied U.S. accusations that its jets acted recklessly in the incident on Tuesday over the Black Sea.

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The declassified footage has been released by The Pentagon.