Russia said it scrambled a fighter plane to deter a US air force reconnaissance drone from crossing its borders over the Black Sea.
“As the Russian fighter approached, the foreign reconnaissance UAV made a U-turn away from the state border of the Russian Federation,” Russia’s defence ministry said.
It comes after the British Ministry of Defence said in its latest intelligence update that tensions remained high in the Black Sea with Ukraine carrying out attacks on skirmishes between Russian maritime and air forces.
Kyiv and Moscow have been fighting over oil and gas platforms near Crimea and Odesa, which are strategically important and can be used as missile launch sites or helicopter landing pads.
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