Bizarre, since even the Russians are NOT making the claim the drone was not in international airspace.
there is little room in the Black Sea for international waters
Its "International airspace" not international waters. International airspace is 12 nautical miles which converts to 13.8 miles. So yes, there is a lot of international airspace off of Crimea.
But whether the US was or was not in international waters is not really the point... We are not just flying past.
So the truth is the US was in international airspace where the Russians were supposed to leave everybody alone.
In fact I am not sure the US could raise an army to go to war at all.
Ukraine does NOT want US soldiers, they want US weapons, like ATACMS that will allow them to win.
You see the pipelines and tell me our government has been straight with us. You see the pandemic and tell me our government has been straight with us. I have no idea what all is going on in Ukraine but they tried to bring down a sitting president because he asked about it. Our government has lost its moral authority. I don’t know what provoked the actions that lead to the downing of the drone. But I am not going to assume that our government was in the right. Putin and our government are moral equivalents. Neither should be trusted.
Ukraine does not only want US weapons, they want US money. They are now billionaires thanks to US weapons some of which have been sold and US money. The country is filled with Harry Limes.