article_snippet.sent: In a maneuver with ominous echoes of the Cold War, a Russian fighter jet 'aggressively' intercepted an American plane over Poland, Pentagon claims.
article_snippet.sent: Filing an official complaint to Russia, the State Department alleges a U.S. RC-135U reconnaissance aircraft was flying near the Baltic Sea in international airspace when a Russian SU-27 Flanker cut into a Russian SU-27 Flanker path.
article_snippet.sent: A Russian jet 'aggressively' intercepted a U.S. RC-135U plane (pictured) over Poland, Pentagon Pentagon claims .
article_snippet.sent: Spokesman Mark Wright told CNN A Russian jet performed 'aggressive maneuvers' at high speed in close proximity to U.S. RC-135U plane.
article_snippet.sent: Russia has rubbished claims it was a deliberate and aggressive interception.
article_snippet.sent: State news agency Sputnik reported that A Russian jet was circling U.S. RC-135U plane to determine A Russian jet tail number, as A Russian jet transponder was switched off.
article_snippet.sent: a Russian SU-27 Flankeraggressively' cut into U.S. RC-135U plane's path, Spokesman Mark Wright stated .
article_snippet.sent: The incident occurred almost exactly a year after Pentagon officials accused a Russian fighter jet of purposely flying 100 feet in front of the nose of an American spy plane over the Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Japan.
article_snippet.sent: In August last year, U.S. Air Force spy plane avoided a run-in with the Russian military over Swedish airspace.
highlights_snippet.sent: U.S. RC-135U plane was flying near Poland when Russian jet 'cut across'
  Pentagon says Russian SU-27 Flanker made 'aggressive maneuvers'
  Russia insists Russian SU-27 Flanker were trying to identify U.S. RC-135U plane by circling U.S. RC-135U plane .