Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov said that the Russian military is ready to strike at violators of its maritime border, RIA Novosti reports.

Thus, he commented on the incident with the USS Virginia submarine that entered the territorial waters of Russia. At the same time, he noted that the relevant decisions are made at the highest level.

The incident occurred in the area of ​​the Kuril Island Urup at 10.40 (Moscow time). At the same time, the ship initially ignored the warnings of the Russian military in Russian and English.

After the use of "appropriate means", the submarine used a self-propelled simulator to split the target on the means of radar and acoustic control and left Russian territorial waters as quickly as possible.

In the area where the submarine was fixed, exercises of the Pacific Fleet forces are taking place. They continued after the incident. Russian ships, among other things, control the underwater environment in order to prevent violations of the country's borders.

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