A Russian fighter jet intercepts a US spy aircraft off the coast of Russia, amid rising tensions over Ukraine.

Russia is sending more than 10 navy vessels, including landing boats and artillery warships, from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea to take part in naval drills near the country's borders with Ukraine, the Russian news agency Interfax reports.

Russia has censured the presence of the US navy as part of a joint drill with Turkish forces in the Black Sea, calling on the United States to "stop reckless saber-rattling" in the region.

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The Russian Defense Ministry says the country’s Black Sea Fleet is monitoring the movement of the US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook that recently entered the strategic waters.

A Russian freight ship has sunk off the coast of Turkey's Black Sea province of Bartin and two crew members have been found dead at sea.

Russia has scrambled a Sukhoi fighter jet to intercept a US spy plane before approaching the country’s border over the Black Sea.

A Russian warship intercepts a US Navy destroyer that breached its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan.

Two Russian fighter jets intercept a pair of US B-52 strategic bombers as they head toward Russian airspace over the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry says.

The Royal Air Force is using its large air base in Cyprus to conduct surveillance on Russian military assets in the Black Sea region.