Apparently, the sea is not quiet

The Russian guard ship, while on June 17 in the Eastern Mediterranean, was performed by a "dangerous and unprofessional" maneuver near two American destroyers. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the Pentagon official who wished to remain anonymous.

As the interlocutor of the agency said, at the time of the maneuver, a ship, whose name is not given in the publication, was within 5 naval miles (9.26 kilometers) from the Harry S. Truman destroyer and less than 300 meters from the Gravely destroyer.

Meanwhile, earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense, reporting the incident on June 17, accused the American military in it. According to the agency’s message, which was quoted by Interfax, Gravely "allowed a dangerous rapprochement with the Russian warship to a distance of 60-70 meters on the left side and crossed the movement of the Wish Wisher Foil Ship on a dangerous distance of 180 meters." It was stated that Yaroslav the Wise "" did not carry out any dangerous maneuvering in relation to the American ship. "

Thus, they entered into the Ministry of Defense, Gravely grossly violated the international rules for preventing clashes of courts, as well as the 1972 Soviet-American agreement "On the prevention of incidents in the open sea and in the airspace above it."

In recent months, the United States has repeatedly accused Russian aircraft of dangerous maneuvers of the immediate vicinity of American warships and aircraft. In Moscow, these accusations are invariably rejected.