Russian Fighter Jet Intercepts US Surveillance Plane Over Black Sea

File photo: Russian Su-27 jet fighters and MIG 29 jet fighters fly over Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2016. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

Russia on July 27 sent a Su-27 fighter jet to intercept a U.S. Navy plane over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, according to its defense ministry.

Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement on July 27 that the U.S. plane, identified as a P-8 Poseidon, was approaching the Russian border. The U.S. State Department has yet to comment on the claims.