The Pentagon declined to comment on the incident in the Black Sea with the American destroyer Chafee, which almost violated the state border of Russia in the Sea of Japan.
"It is better to contact the US Navy with this issue," RIA Novosti commented in the Pentagon.
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that an American ship, which has been in the waters of the Sea of Japan for several days, attempted to cross the state border of the Russian Federation in Peter the Great Bay on October 15. His actions were stopped by the large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet "Admiral Tributs".
The American ship approached the territorial waters of the Russian Federation on October 15 at about 17:00 local time (10:00 Moscow time).
Despite the warning, the US Navy ship raised flags of color, indicating preparation for takeoff from the helicopter deck and the impossibility of changing course and speed, after which it tried to violate the state border of the Russian Federation.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the actions of the crew of the destroyer Chafee were a gross violation of the International Rules for Preventing Collisions at Sea and the Russian-American intergovernmental agreement on the prevention of incidents on the high seas and in the airspace above it in 1972.
In July, the Russian military monitored a French reconnaissance ship in the Dupuy-de-Lôme Sea of Japan. The vessel was designed and built specifically for conducting electronic intelligence in the interests of the French Military Intelligence Directorate.
