Another incident involving a Russian frigate in the Mediterranean – Onet.pl

 
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  Another incident involving a Russian frigate in the Mediterranean
 
 
 

Jaroslaw Mudryj, class ship “Nieustraszimyj -1154 “, was to maneuver in an” abnormal, dangerous and far from professionalism “around the cruiser,” thereby disrupting the work of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, from which operations are carried out against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, “- stated in the message of the Navy cited by Defense News website.

page refers to a report drawn up on the basis of fresh reports sailors from the San Jacinto who claim that the Russian frigate approached the US unit with the crew on board and “weapons ready to use, but the artillery positions were not filled.”

“the bad reputation that Jaroslaw Mudryj covered himself after the incident, which took place on June 17, when the russian vessel approached a distance of 60-70 meters to the unit USS Gravely prompted the crew of San Jacinto to special care “- noted the Defence News.

” Russian frigate approached up to a distance of 2.7 km, while giving a signal that the US missile cruiser not crossed her course, what the Americans apparently assessed as a violation of the rules of collision avoidance at sea, “- explains his part TASS.

the American military authorities repeatedly accused Moscow that Russian military aircraft and ships excessively closer to the US units. Washington calls such behavior “dangerous and unprofessional.”

According to the Russian side on June 17 is an American destroyer approached the frigate Yaroslav Mudryj, and not vice versa. The Russian ministry stressed then in a statement that the frigate was in international waters and did not perform any maneuvers that could be dangerous to the American destroyer.

(dp)