Crews of Russian missile cruisers recorded NATO frigates that tried to conduct electronic reconnaissance of Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported to RIA Novosti on February 16 by an informed source.
"NATO frigates tried to conduct radio-electronic and radio-technical reconnaissance of Russian ships during an episode of planned exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday by a group of the Russian Navy," the agency interlocutor said.
He clarified that the crews of Russian missile cruisers recorded the radiation of the ships of the North Atlantic Alliance, determined the parameters of their movement and took frigates to escort.
Exercises of the Russian Navy are taking place in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. More than 15 warships take part in them.
Earlier, on February 13, Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft and a submarine of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) discovered a Virginia-type submarine of the US Navy (Navy) in the waters of the Russian Federation.
It was noted that the coordinates of the submarine were sent to a detachment of warships led by the frigate of the Pacific Fleet Marshal Shaposhnikov. After that, the Russian multipurpose ship performed the necessary actions to protect the state border of the Russian Federation.
An American Virginia-class submarine entered Russian territorial waters near the Kuril island of Urup on February 12. She ignored the demands to leave Russian waters. The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov used special means in connection with the violation of the territorial waters of the Russian Federation by the submarine.
According to Izvestia, the crew of the submarine tried to monitor the exercises of the Pacific Fleet. However, the boat was discovered even before she started the task. The Ministry of Defense handed a note to the US military attache, it was stated that the actions of the American submarine were regarded as a gross violation of international law.
The Pentagon denied information about the presence of a US Navy submarine in the territorial waters of Russia near the Kuril Islands.
