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Russia scrambled fighter jets to intercept two US bombers and a drone which approached Russia's northern and southern borders on Tuesday, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.

A second Russian aircraft flew "dangerously close" to a U.S. drone over Syria this week, just days after another Russian jet damaged another U.S. drone above the war-torn country, the White House said on Wednesday.

Russian aircraft harassed American drones taking part in operations against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria on Thursday for the second time in 24 hours, a US commander said.

Russia's defense ministry said it had decorated pilots involved in an incident this week that led to an American drone crashing over the Black Sea.

The United States has resumed surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea region following a Russian fighter jet intercept on Tuesday that led to the downing of a U.S surveillance drone, two U.S. officials said on Friday.

The Pentagon released a video on Thursday that it said provided evidence a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a U.S. spy drone and caused it to crash into the Black Sea this week, despite Russia's denial.

The US European Command today released a video of the controversial encounter between an armed Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called "an unsafe/unprofessional intercept" of an unmanned drone of the US Air Force over the Black Sea.

The US today released a minute-long declassified video footage of a Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called "an unsafe/unprofessional intercept" of a US Air Force MQ-9 in international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. military "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea in an incident condemned as "reckless' by the U.S. military.

The Russian defence minister told the Pentagon chief on Wednesday that Washington's "increased" intelligence gathering against Russia had led to a drone incident, Moscow said.

The downing of a U.S. drone by a Russian jet is part of a pattern of military behavior by Russia that is becoming more aggressive, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Wednesday that US aircraft will fly "wherever international law allows" and warned Russia to operate with caution after one of its jets allegedly downed an American drone.

Moscow will work to retrieve the wreckage of an American drone that crashed over the Black Sea after Washington said it collided with a Russian fighter jet, a top official said Wednesday.

A Russian Sukhoi-27 fighter jet on Tuesday dumped fuel on an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea and then collided with it, causing the drone to crash.

Russia views the incident involving one of its Su-27 fighter jet and a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea as provocation, its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said in remarks published early on Wednesday.

Russia scrambled fighter jets to intercept two US bombers and a drone which approached Russia's northern and southern borders on Tuesday, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.

A second Russian aircraft flew "dangerously close" to a U.S. drone over Syria this week, just days after another Russian jet damaged another U.S. drone above the war-torn country, the White House said on Wednesday.

Russian aircraft harassed American drones taking part in operations against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria on Thursday for the second time in 24 hours, a US commander said.

Russia's defense ministry said it had decorated pilots involved in an incident this week that led to an American drone crashing over the Black Sea.

The United States has resumed surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea region following a Russian fighter jet intercept on Tuesday that led to the downing of a U.S surveillance drone, two U.S. officials said on Friday.

The Pentagon released a video on Thursday that it said provided evidence a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a U.S. spy drone and caused it to crash into the Black Sea this week, despite Russia's denial.

The US European Command today released a video of the controversial encounter between an armed Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called "an unsafe/unprofessional intercept" of an unmanned drone of the US Air Force over the Black Sea.

The US today released a minute-long declassified video footage of a Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called "an unsafe/unprofessional intercept" of a US Air Force MQ-9 in international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. military "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea in an incident condemned as "reckless' by the U.S. military.

The Russian defence minister told the Pentagon chief on Wednesday that Washington's "increased" intelligence gathering against Russia had led to a drone incident, Moscow said.

The downing of a U.S. drone by a Russian jet is part of a pattern of military behavior by Russia that is becoming more aggressive, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Wednesday that US aircraft will fly "wherever international law allows" and warned Russia to operate with caution after one of its jets allegedly downed an American drone.

Moscow will work to retrieve the wreckage of an American drone that crashed over the Black Sea after Washington said it collided with a Russian fighter jet, a top official said Wednesday.

A Russian Sukhoi-27 fighter jet on Tuesday dumped fuel on an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea and then collided with it, causing the drone to crash.

Russia views the incident involving one of its Su-27 fighter jet and a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea as provocation, its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said in remarks published early on Wednesday.