Footage circulated on social media shows a Russian fighter jet intercepting a United States Navy patrol aircraft over the Black Sea, days after President Donald Trump met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine.

Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Sixth Fleet—the Navy fleet responsible for operations in Europe, including the Black Sea —for comment via its website. The Russian defense and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to a written request for comment via email.

Why It Matters

The U.S.- Russia presidential meeting in Alaska on August 15 did not secure a ceasefire in Ukraine . Moscow and Kyiv continued to launch strikes in the following days, making a summit between Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky to secure a peace deal less likely.

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