Moscow-Sana
The Russian Navy confirmed that it monitored from the air the infiltration of the American submarine Virginia into Russian waters near the Russian Kuril Islands, refuting the statement of the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, which denied this.
"The American submarine Virginia-class was discovered by Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft thanks to a submarine of the Pacific Fleet, during exercises to search for and destroy submarines of the supposed enemy in the areas of their potential deployment," TASS news agency quoted a source in the Russian Navy as saying.
According to the source, the coordinates of the alien submarine were handed over to a detachment of warships commanded by the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov of the Russian Pacific Fleet, after which this ship carried out all the necessary measures to protect the borders of the Russian state.
The source indicated that the operational measures of the anti-submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet apparently allowed the American submarine to be surprised so that it no longer had enough time to unobtrusively leave the exercise area.
Yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry handed the US military attache a protest note, demanding that the United States take measures to ensure that its warships do not penetrate Russia's waters in the future. yesterday.
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