The Kremlin added that "there is a certain protocol of actions against foreign ships - surface or underwater - in the event of their invasion into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation"
MOSCOW, February 14. /tass/. The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov redirected to the Ministry of Defense the question of possible military actions against foreign ships caught in Russian waters.
"I recommend contacting our defense department," he told reporters, responding to a request to comment on statements from the Russian General Staff that Russia is ready to strike ships and submarines that have entered its territorial waters.
The Kremlin spokesman added that "there is a certain protocol of actions against foreign ships - surface or underwater - in the event of their invasion into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation." "Our military, who are responsible for border protection and for the security of our country, strictly adhere to these protocols," Peskov added.
On February 12, 2022, at 10:40 Moscow time, a Virginia-type US Navy submarine was discovered in the area of Urup Island of the Kuril Ridge in the area of a planned exercise of the Pacific Fleet forces in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation. The crew of a foreign submarine in the mode of sound-to-water communication in Russian and English was given a message: "You are in the territorial waters of Russia. Surface immediately!". The crew of the US submarine ignored the demand of the Russian side.
On the same day, in the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense, a note was handed to a representative of the office of the Military attache for Defense Issues at the US Embassy in Moscow in connection with the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation by a US Navy submarine.
