The US Department of Defense commented on the incident with the US Virginia-class nuclear submarine in Russian territorial waters. It is reported by TASS.

“We are aware of media reports of an alleged maritime incident in the Pacific. We are unable to confirm the details of these reports at this time," a Pentagon spokesman said.

Earlier it was reported that the US military attaché was summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry, where he was handed a note, after the incident with the submarine.

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 forces of the Pacific Fleet 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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