US, Russian aircraft flew perilously close to each other amid Ukraine tensions

Three US Navy reconnaissance aircraft were on the receiving end of "unprofessional" intercepts by Russian aircraft this past weekend while flying in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea, the Pentagon said Wednesday, Report informs, citing Yahoo News.

US officials told CNN that the Russian military aircraft got "extremely close."

The Wall Street Journal reported that in one of three separate incidents in which Russian Su-35 fighter jets flew alarmingly close to US Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, the Russian jets came within five feet of a US plane.

The Pentagon considers two of the interactions unsafe and the other unprofessional, a defense official told the newspaper.

"We have made our concerns known to Russian officials through diplomatic channels," the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that "while no one was hurt, interactions such as these could result in miscalculations and mistakes that lead to more dangerous outcomes."