The Russian Ministry of Defense alleged that a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine had invaded Russia's territory around Urup in the Kuril Islands, calling on military attachés at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to protest as "provocative action." I made it clear.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 12th that a nuclear submarine of the US Navy invaded Russia's territorial waters in the waters around Urup Island in the Kuril Islands northeast of the northern territory.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, at that time, the vessels of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy were practicing in this area, so they called on the U.S. Navy's submarines to leave because they were invading the Russian waters, but the submarines did this. Is ignored.
For this reason, the Russian side has said that it has taken "appropriate response" to the US Navy's submarines, although it has not disclosed in detail, and then the submarines have left.
On the 12th, the Russian Defense Ministry called a military attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, claiming that "the provocative actions of the U.S. Navy pose a threat to Russia's security," and protested in writing. is.
Russia continues to confront the United States and other countries over the situation in Ukraine, but Russia also wants to impress that the United States is threatening Russia's security by repeating provocative military actions even off the coast of the Far East. It seems that.
A spokesman for the United States Indo-Pacific Army told NHK about this: "Russia's claim that our operation took place within Russian waters is not true. I do not comment on the exact location of the submarine, We are safely navigating and operating in international waters. "