A Russian newspaper reported on Monday that the Russian military might have shot down a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea.

Pravda, a Russian daily, cited the Fighterbomber Telegram channel, which has connections to the Russian Aerospace Forces, suggesting that something was downed in the area.

However, media outlets have been unable to verify this claim and is awaiting comments from the U.S. Department of Defense and the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Idrees Ali, a Reuters national security correspondent, stated on Tuesday that no such incident had been reported by U.S. officials.

The Fighterbomber channel hinted at increased turbulence in the Black Sea and speculated that the downed drone might be an RQ-4 Global Hawk, Newsweek has reported.

Flight data from Flightradar24, cited by Russian newspaper Izvestia, showed a U.S. Global Hawk drone in airspace over Crimea during an attack on Sevastopol, but it reportedly landed safely in Italy.

Open-source intelligence analysts and other observers dismissed the claims as false, pointing out that the drone safely returned to base.

The Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of using U.S.-supplied ATACMS with cluster munitions in the Sevastopol attack, which caused civilian casualties.

Ukraine did not comment on the incident. Russia also blamed the U.S. and warned of consequences.

Written by B.C. Begley