Russia says US submarine violated its waters in far east

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A Russian naval vessel chased away a US submarine in Russian waters in the Pacific after the submarine ignored a Russian order to surface, Interfax news agency cited the defense ministry as saying on Saturday.

The Russian ministry called in the US defense attache after complaining that the submarine had entered its waters, the RIA news agency reported. Tensions between Moscow and Washington are already high over a Russian military buildup near Ukraine.

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The submarine was spotted near the Kuril islands early on Saturday as Russia was conducting naval exercises with its Pacific Fleet and it was ordered to surface immediately, the Russian ministry was quoted as saying.

It said the order was ignored by the US submarine's crew, leading the crew of Russia's Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate to use unspecified "corresponding means" to make the vessel leave.

"The US submarine ... left Russian territorial waters at maximum speed," the defense ministry was quoted as saying.

Russian Navy's ships and jet fighters are seen during the joint drills of the Northern and Black Sea fleets, attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea January 9, 2020 (credit: SPUTNIK/ALEXEI DRUZHININ/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)

There was no immediate comment from the United States.

Russia's defense minister spoke by phone with his US counterpart on Saturday as the United States and other Western nations warned that war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment. US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin started a call later in the day

FF_in_MN on February 12nd, 2022 at 19:51 UTC »

“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.”

philkensebbenhaha on February 12nd, 2022 at 19:47 UTC »

Pomlking them in the far east is a reminder they have all their military stuck in their far west. Probably not an accident.

TypingMonkey59 on February 12nd, 2022 at 19:02 UTC »

SS: In a time of mounting tensions between Russia and the US, the Russian Ministry of Defense has accused a US submarine of entering Russia's territorial waters near the Kuril Islands