The Pentagon said that the US Navy submarine "Virginia" (USS Virginia) did not enterritorial waters of Russia, RIA Novosti reports.

“There is no truth in the Russian side’s claims about our operations in their territorial waters,” said Kyle Reines, spokesman for the United States Indo-Pacific Command.

However, Reines declined to comment on exactly where the USS Virginia was and her route.

“We fly, swim and operate safely in international waters,” Reines said.

Earlier, the Pentagon commented on the incident with the American submarine near the Kuriles.

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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