MOSCOW - Russian Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted a US navy airplane in the Baltic Sea, according to media reports.
The US Navy said the Russian jet's action was "unprofessional," but "safe", Fox News reported.
The Russian jet came within about 20 feet of the US Navy aircraft, but the American pilots told officials that they had not felt threatened or unsafe.
Tensions between the US and Russia had intensified when the country's foreign minister claimed that the US was trying to divide Syria.
Sergey Lavrov link> said the recent US-led missile strikes on Syria "seriously aggravated the situation," stating that statements supporting the territorial integrity of Syria "are only words that, apparently, cover plans for reformatting the Middle East and plans for dividing Syria into parts."