Russian warplanes have flown near the USS Ross several times over the past few days in the latest sign on tensions between Moscow and the West, the BBC reports.

Russian state media said the Ross was acting "aggressively," but the U.S. Defense Department said the ship was "well within international waters at all times, performing routine operations."

The ship's deployment to the Black Sea also had been publicly announced, the Pentagon said.

A video released by the Navy on Monday showed a Russian plane passing within about 500 yards of the destroyer.

"The crew of the ship acted provocatively and aggressively, which concerned the operators of monitoring stations and ships of the Black Sea Fleet," a military source was quoted by Russian state media."Su-24 attack aircraft demonstrated to the American crew readiness to harshly prevent a violation of the frontier and to defend the interests of the country."

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