The US Navy (USN) has disputed claims by Moscow that one of its submarines had entered Russian territorial waters.

According to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement on 12 February, a USN Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) had entered Russian waters near Urup Island, which is part of the Kuril archipelago.

However, the USN has disputed these claims. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” a spokesperson for the USN's Indo-Pacific command said in a statement.

The US Navy (USN) has disputed claims by Moscow that one of its submarines had entered Russian territorial waters.

According to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement on 12 February, a USN Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) had entered Russian waters near Urup Island, which is part of the Kuril archipelago.

However, the USN has disputed these claims. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” a spokesperson for the USN's Indo-Pacific command said in a statement.

The US Navy (USN) has disputed claims by Moscow that one of its submarines had entered Russian territorial waters.

According to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement on 12 February, a USN Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) had entered Russian waters near Urup Island, which is part of the Kuril archipelago.

However, the USN has disputed these claims. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” a spokesperson for the USN's Indo-Pacific command said in a statement.

The US Navy (USN) has disputed claims by Moscow that one of its submarines had entered Russian territorial waters.

According to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement on 12 February, a USN Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) had entered Russian waters near Urup Island, which is part of the Kuril archipelago.

However, the USN has disputed these claims. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” a spokesperson for the USN's Indo-Pacific command said in a statement.

The US Navy (USN) has disputed claims by Moscow that one of its submarines had entered Russian territorial waters.

According to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement on 12 February, a USN Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) had entered Russian waters near Urup Island, which is part of the Kuril archipelago.

However, the USN has disputed these claims. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” a spokesperson for the USN's Indo-Pacific command said in a statement.

The US Navy (USN) has disputed claims by Moscow that one of its submarines had entered Russian territorial waters.

According to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement on 12 February, a USN Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) had entered Russian waters near Urup Island, which is part of the Kuril archipelago.

However, the USN has disputed these claims. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” a spokesperson for the USN's Indo-Pacific command said in a statement.