A Russian Su-27 fighter has chased off a US reconnaissance plane, which was approaching the Russian territorial waters over the Black Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
“The Russian jet approached an air object at a safedistance, identified it as a US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, whichimmediately changed its direction of flight and moved away from the Russianborder,” it said in a statement cited by TASS news agency.
The intercept took place close to the region where Russiaand the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are carrying out naval forcedrills separately in the Black Sea, the report said.The Defence Ministry also said that Russian warplanes took off three times in the last seven days to prevent foreign aircraftfrom violating the Russian border.