Russian fighter jets buzz US spy plane as another NATO ship in Black Sea 'tracked' by Putin's forces

RUSSIA deployed fighter jets after a US spy plane was spotted over the Black Sea.

This comes just two weeks after a major international incident when a Russian warplane reportedly dropped bombs on the route of the British destroyer HMS Defender off the coast of Crimea.

So-called “warning shots” were also fired from an FSB coastal patrol vessel.

In the latest incident, Russia claims two Su-30 fighters prevented a Boeing P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the US Navy from entering its airspace.

A video was released showing the aerial standoff, but the precise location was not divulged.

"On the evening of July 6, Russian airspace control devices over the neutral waters of the Black Sea detected an air target approaching the state border of the Russian Federation," said the defence ministry in Moscow on Wednesday.

Two Su-30s were dispatched to identify the aircraft and prevent it from entering Russian airspace, according to the Russians.

"The crews of Russian fighters identified the air target as a Boeing P-8 Poseidon and escorted it over the Black Sea.