U.S. Virginia-class submarine. File photoWASHINGTON Feb. 13 Kyle Reines, spokesman for the US Indo-Pacific Command, said the US submarine did not enter Russian territorial waters. This is stated in his statement to the media.
"There is no truth in the assertions of the Russian side about our operations in their territorial waters", Reines said.
He refused to specify the location of the submarines. «We are safe we fly, swim and operate in international waters,» he said. The day before, the Ministry of Defense announced the discovery of a US Virginia-class submarine near the Kuril Island Urup in Russian territorial waters. Her crew was given a request in Russian and English to surface, but the crew of the submarine ignored it. After that, the frigate «Marshal Shaposhnikov» used «appropriate means», and the submarine «left the territorial waters of Russia with maximum speed.» The American military attache in Moscow was subsequently handed a note of protest. The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the actions of the American side are regarded as a gross violation of international law, and recalled that Russia «reserves the right to take all possible measures in its territorial sea to ensure the security» of the state.
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