Russian fighter jet comes more than a meter away from US plane over Baltic Sea

A Russian fighter jet armed with weapons reportedly flew within 1.5 meters of a US Air Force reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea.

Location of the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad. Graphics: BBC

The Su-27, which had air-to-air missiles under its wings, approached the RC-135 "rapidly," coming within about 1.5 meters of the US plane, a US official told Reuters.Fox News.When flying alongside, the Russian plane made "provocative" maneuvers and flew "erratically," another official said.

Since June 2, there have been more than 35 interactions in the Baltic Sea between Russian and US aircraft and warships, but the June 19 incident was notable because the US military deemed the move “unsafe,” according to an official.

The plane crash site is located 40 km northwest of the city of Kaliningrad, Russia.CBS News reported. The city is located between Lithuania and Poland in northern Europe..

The incident comes just a day after the Russian Defense Ministry said it would treat any US aircraft flying west of the Euphrates River in Syria as a potential target. Russia responded after a US Navy jet shot down a Syrian military aircraft that was targeting US-allied fighters.

Russia and the US Department of Defense have not yet responded to the article.

According to VNE