Russian jet 'flies 5ft from US spy plane' over Baltic Sea - BBC News

"The encounter was deemed 'unsafe' due to the Russian pilot's 'high rate of closure speed and poor control of the aircraft,' officials said." Who are these officials, and how do they know the Russian pilot had poor control of the aircraft? His flying might have unnerved some people, but it wasn't poor control if it was deliberate.

Yes, from the U.S. side - we are encroaching their airspace/border, why the shock/headline?