Yes, this was obviously a deliberate attempt to disable or at least disrupt the drone. But the drone was almost certainly conducting surveillance to benefit Ukr

Yes, this was obviously a deliberate attempt to disable or at least disrupt the drone. But the drone was almost certainly conducting surveillance to benefit Ukraine. As such, the Russian actions are not necessarily an act of war against the US. The US seems to be reacting as the Russians expected, hence the Russians may not be insane. See the closing paragraph of this article: Mary Ellen O’Connell, a Notre Dame Law School professor and expert on international law and the use of force, noted that by dumping fuel and downing the drone, the Russian pilot was “further polluting the fragile Black Sea”, but she noted the US had not called the interception “unlawful”. “In all likelihood the Reaper was conducting surveillance for Ukraine. Under the laws of armed conflict Russia may disrupt such assistance,” O’Connell said. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/14/russian-fighter-jet-collides-us-drone-black-sea-crash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/14/russian-figh....