Russian Defense Ministry: the American destroyer tried to violate the Russian border in the Sea of ​​Japan

The American destroyer Chaifi tried to violate the Russian border, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred on October 15 between 17:00 and 17:50 local time (10:00 in Moscow) in the Gulf of Peter the Great in the water area of ​​the Japanese Sea.

In response to the actions of the destroyer, the large anti -submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet "Admiral Tributs" made several warnings to the ship. The foreign crew also notified that the destroyer fell into the area closed for shipping due to the exercise.

After Chaifi did not change the course, the crew "Admiral Tributs" decided to push the ship of the US Navy from Russian territorial waters.

“The destroyer“ Cheythi ”, making sure that the crew of the Russian ship to prevent violation of the state border, changed the direction and at 17:50 turned out to the reverse course when less than 60 meters remained before the Admiral Tributs BPC,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

The department called the actions of the destroyer’s crew by a rude violation of the international rules for preventing the clash of vessels in the sea and the Russian-American agreement on the prevention of incidents in the open sea and in the airspace of it over 1972.

• On June 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the British destroyer Defender violated the Russian border in the Cape Fiolent area in Crimea. The Russian military and border guards opened warning warning, and the Su-24M plane completed a “warning bombing” at the destroyer rate, after which the ship left the territorial waters of the Russian Federation.
• In the Ministry of Defense, the actions of the crew of the British destroyer were called a gross violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The military department of Great Britain denied that bombs were dropped at the course of the destroyer. The British said that the ship was in Ukrainian territorial waters and did not violate international law. In response, the FSB of Russia published a video of the incident.