Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Vladimir Putin about the expulsion of a foreign submarine discovered near the island of ;Urup during Pacific Fleet exercises, reports RIA Novosti.
According to the Minister, rather In total, the ship belongs to the United States. He called his invasion of Russian waters a completely unreasonable and incomprehensible activity. It is stated that the submarine invaded the territorial waters of Russia in the area of the Kuril Islands for four kilometers. It took three hours to expel him, three special actions had to be applied, Shoigu noted.
The minister met with the president today. As part of the talks, they discussed military exercises in Russia and Belarus.
On February 12, the Ministry of Defense announced the discovery of an American submarine of the Virginia class in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation near the Kuril island of Urup. The crew received a message to surface, but it was ignored. The crew of the frigate “Marshal Shaposhnikov” used appropriate means, after which the submarine left Russian territorial waters at maximum speed.
Earlier, AiF.ru said that& #39;he had left the American nuclear submarine in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation for secret equipment. We are talking about a floating jamming device that reproduces the noise of a submarine, ultrasonic radiation, as well as the simulation of the maneuver of a submarine in terms of course, speed and depth.
In turn, the Pentagon said the submarine did not enter RF territorial waters.