In the middle of rising tensions over Ukraine, Moscow has reported that a Russian anti-submarine destroyer on Saturday chased off a United States submarine near the Kuril Islands, causing it to leave the county’s territorial waters.
According to Russia’s defence ministry, the US Navy Virginia -class submarine was detected by Marshal Shaposhnikov during a military drill in Russian territorial waters near the Kuril Islands in the northern Pacific.
The ministry has viewed the incident as a violation by the US Navy submarine and has summoned the US embassy in Moscow to the Russian defence ministry.
In response, the US military has said that there is no truth to the Russian claims of their operation in their territorial waters.
However, Captain Kyle Raines, who is the spokesman for the US Indo-Pacific Command did not comment on the precise locations of US submarines but said that they fly, sail and operate safely in international waters.
The Kuril Island, which is at the north of Japan’s Hokkaido Island have been controlled by Moscow since they were seized by Soviet troops as World War 11 came to an end.
