据报道，俄罗斯周六称其出动一架苏-30战斗机，以阻止美国MQ-9“死神”无人机在黑海地区越过俄罗斯国境。

俄罗斯国防部表示：“当俄罗斯战斗机接近时，这架外国侦察无人机改变航向，远离边境。”

俄罗斯国防部表示，该无人机属于美国空军。

“俄罗斯战机平安返回基地，未发生边境违规行为。”国防部补充道。

近几个月来，俄罗斯与西方飞机在黑海和波罗的海地区的冲突事件不断增多，因为莫斯科方面在乌克兰进行进攻。

在今年3月中旬，一架美国“死神”无人机与俄罗斯战斗机相撞后坠毁，此事导致莫斯科和华盛顿之间的紧张局势升级。

俄罗斯在5月表示，其在不到一周的时间内两次拦截了四架美国战略轰炸机飞越波罗的海地区的事件。

俄罗斯还表示曾拦截法国、德国、波兰和英国的飞机。

Russia said Saturday it scrambled an Su-30 fighter jet to "prevent a violation of the Russian state border" by a U.S. Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea.

"As the Russian fighter approached, the foreign reconnaissance drone performed a U-turn away from the border," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said the drone belonged to the U.S. Air Force.

"The Russian aircraft returned safely to its airbase, there was no violation of the border," it added.

Incidents involving Russian and Western aircraft have multiplied over the Black Sea and Baltic Sea in recent months, as Moscow pursues its offensive in Ukraine.

Tensions grew between Moscow and Washington when another U.S. Reaper drone crashed after colliding with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea in mid-March.

Moscow said in May it had intercepted four U.S. strategic bombers above the Baltic Sea in two separate incidents in the space of one week.

Russia also said it has intercepted French, German, Polish and British aircraft.