The Admiral Vinogradov
Reuters – Nov 24, 2020
Russia said on Tuesday one of its warships caught and chased off a U.S. destroyer operating illegally in its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan, but the U.S. Navy denied wrongdoing by its vessel and accused Moscow of making excessive maritime claims.
The Admiral Vinogradov, a Russian destroyer, verbally warned USS John S. McCain, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, and threatened to ram it in order to force it to leave the area, prompting it to return to neutral waters, Moscow said.
Russia said its Pacific Fleet warship had been tracking the American destroyer in the Peter the Great Gulf, and that the U.S. vessel had violated Russia’s territorial waters at 0317 GMT by going two kilometres beyond the sea border.
But the U.S. Navy said its warship had been in international waters throughout as it carried out a “freedom of navigation” operation to assert its rights and challenge what it said were Russia’s excessive maritime claims.
“…the United States will never bow in intimidation or be coerced into accepting illegitimate maritime claims, such as those made by the Russian Federation,” said Lieutenant Joe Keiley, 7th Fleet spokesperson.
“The Russian Federation’s statement about this mission is false,” he said. “USS John S. McCain was not ‘expelled’ from any nation’s territory.”
The U.S. destroyer made no further attempts to enter Russian waters after leaving the area, Moscow said. The Admiral Vinogradov was continuing to observe its movements and another vessel, a corvette, was dispatched to the area, it added.
Such incidents at sea are rare, but they underscore the poor diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the United States whose ties are languishing at a post-Cold War low.
The last remaining major arms control pact between the former Cold War foes is due to expire in February despite months of talks to find a replacement.
Also, President Vladimir Putin has yet to congratulate U.S. Democratic President-elect Joe Biden with his Nov. 3 election victory over President Donald Trump.
A sign of what’s to come under Biden? Maybe it’s a slap after Putin refuses to acknowledge him just yet according to some reports.
Do you know the truth about Senator McCain? McCain supported the US funding, training, arming and
assisting the ISIS criminal terrorists who laid waste to wide swaths of Syria and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrian civilians, including Christians. His father, Adm McCain, was instrumental
in the US coverup of the deliberate and repeated attacks by Israel on the USS Liberty in 1967, killing 34 US sailors and wounding 171. John McCain is burning now in HELL.
Whats wrong with america ?
it has to stick its nose in
when kamala Harris takes over we will see so many nice wars for america
and nukes hitting american soil that will wake them up
they need to accept the karmic payback for the evils they have done
The Russians have rammed US ships before, so when they say they will ram, they will do it. Bankrupt Amerika is itching for war. Will anyone scratch that itch? The UK is but a few months away from deploying one or two carrier groups to the South China Sea. Right now, the Admiralty is crowdfunding for the fuel costs & Westminster source admitted the AA had refused global breakdown cover due to reliability issues and leaks.lol
How nice to name a American Military ship after the “Song Bird” a yellow back traitor that took out more American airplanes then the North Vietnam did. Songbird also got special treatment from them during his time with them and he and Kissinger were even in on letting many American prisoners stay with them after the war was over.
McNulty is absolutely right. The corrupt, lying US establishment which runs the corrupt, lying US media and the corrupt, lying US DNC which has attacked and excoriated everything Russian for the past 4 years, blaming the 2016 Trump win on Russian election interference and forcing military buildups on Russian borders, now with that corrupt nation under Biden and the Dems, we can expect all sorts of incursions and the anti–Russian propaganda to increase. Under Trump many people could see the pull-back and restraint regarding Syria, although slight, and it was possible at least to hope the US could still be a light for the self-determination and sovereignty for all nations, in the face of the globalist onslaught despite the history of that nation’s oppression in so many nations. Even under Trump the US establishment maintained its oppression against or any nation with resources it was after, instead of using wise diplomacy and crafting acceptable deals. Despite any signals of his good intentions Trump was clearly a prisoner of the Zionists and the oil & gas industry. However, now that hope of the US becoming a protector of the self-determination of all nations is completely gone, and as far as the US, the UK and my own nation, Canada, are concerned, there is nothing to stop people everywhere from becoming completely pro-Russian and thoroughly against the US-Anglo-Zio Axis which is clearly also behind the Agenda 21 Resets.
Love the words… Freedom of Navigation ?? Like the words.. They HATE our Freedom ??
The Mc Cain got fixed already after the last disaster? I guess ramming is better than both ships being lost in mutual missile attacks, bad publicity even better… do the Russian ships have a ramming speed, or maybe, exact co-ordinates for this “violation”?