Posted 14 февраля 2022,, 06:20

Published 14 февраля 2022,, 06:20

Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:38

Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:38

The Pentagon denied the entry of an American submarine into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation

The Pentagon denied the entry of an American submarine into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation

14 февраля 2022, 06:20
The Pentagon said that the US military did not conduct operations in Russian territorial waters. Thus, the department responded to the message of the Russian Ministry of Defense stating that. That the nuclear submarine of the US Navy Virginia was located near the island of Urup in the Kuril chain.

"There is no truth in the statements of the Russian side about our operations in their territorial waters. I will not comment on the exact location of our submarines, but we fly, swim and operate safely in international waters", - Reuters quotes Kyle Reines, a spokesman for the US Indo-Pacific Command.

On the eve it became known that the American submarine ignored the demand of the Russian military to leave the territorial waters, but after using special equipment, it complied.

The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, which was on combat duty, used special equipment, after which the submarine complied with the instructions of the military and left the territorial waters.

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