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Russia chases off US submarine from its far east waters, Moscow says
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MOSCOW, 13 February 2022, (TON): The defence ministry as saying “a Russian naval vessel chased away a US submarine in Russian waters in the Pacific after the submarine ignored a Russian order to surface.”
The Russian ministry called in the US defence 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.
The Russian ministry was quoted as saying “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.”
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.”
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