(14 Apr 2014) A US warship docked in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta on Monday, two days after it was allegedly buzzed by a Russian warplane.
The Russian fighter jet made multiple, close-range passes near the The USS Donald Cook for more than 90 minutes on Saturday amid escalating tensions in the region, US military officials said on Monday.
The warship has been conducting routine operations in international waters east of Romania.
The ship, which carries helicopters, was deployed to the Black Sea on April 10, in the wake of the Russian military takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region and ongoing unrest there.
US military officials have said the deployment is part of an effort to reassure allies and partners in the region.
Romanian President Traian Basescu visited the ship on Monday and said a second US Navy warship - a frigate from the Navy's Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea - is also heading to the Black Sea.
A French warship, Dupuy de Lome, is also in the Black Sea.
The USS Donald Cook destroyer with a crew of 300 arrived in the Black Sea last week for exercises and operations planned before Russia's annexation of Crimea and will stay four days in Constanta.
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