Russia denies US claims of unsafe flybys in Black Sea

‘Russia has denied claims of “unsafe” encounters between Russian military jets and a United States destroyer in the Black Sea.
The US Defense Department had earlier claimed that several Russian jets buzzed a US Navy ship three times on February 10 — the last day of a ten-day maritime drill by NATO in the Black Sea near Russia.
According to Danny Hernandez, a Pentagon official and a spokesman for the US European Command, three separate incidents occurred in the day, involving two Russian supersonic Su-24 attack jets along with an IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft and the US destroyer USS Porter.’
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