www.zerohedge.com BY TYLER DURDEN
Russia’s military on Saturday announced it had chased a US submarine from Russian waters in the far east, near the Pacific Kuril islands. Likely it will be contested by the Pentagon side that the submarine was ever in “Russian waters”, however, as the region is also claimed by Japan.
According to Reuters, “The Russian military said on Saturday it used ‘appropriate means’ to make a U.S. submarine leave Russian waters in the far east after the vessel ignored a Russian request to leave, Interfax news agency reported.”
Russia’s military said it had been conducting naval drills at the time of the incident, and at a moment tensions are boiling after the White House on Friday accused Putin of making the decision to invade Ukraine imminently. “The submarine was detected near the Pacific Kuril islands as Russia conducted naval exercises, the military was quoted as saying,” the report noted.
