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A Russian warship has allegedly threatened to ram a US destroyer during a rare naval standoff between the two countries in the waters off Russia’s Pacific coast.
Russia said on Tuesday that the Admiral Vinogradov, a destroyer, threatened the USS John S McCain, a US navy guided-missile destroyer, for “operating illegally” in its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan.
The US Navy said its vessel had been in international waters as it carried out a “freedom of navigation” operation to assert its rights and challenge what it said were Russia’s excessive maritime claims. The US ship retreated to neutral waters, Moscow claimed.
Russia said its Pacific Fleet warship had been tracking the American destroyer in the Peter the Great Gulf, and that the US vessel had violated Russia’s territorial waters at 0317 GMT by going 2km beyond the sea border.
“The Russian Federation’s statement about this mission is false,” he said. “USS John S McCain was not ‘expelled’ from any nation’s territory.”
“… the US will never bow in intimidation or be coerced into accepting illegitimate maritime claims, such as those made by the Russian Federation,”
originally posted by: mamabeth
a reply to: Bluntone22
If the election steal goes through,Russia will probably nuke us.
originally posted by: operation mindcrime
a reply to: djz3ro
What a nice day to exit the Open Skies treaty...
wallstreet journal
Peace
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
Obviously, the US is at fault here. We weren't social distancing. We probably weren't wearing masks, either.