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Moscow / AFP
Russia on Wednesday accused a Dutch submarine of trying to monitor its aircraft carrier and escort vessels in the Mediterranean, denouncing such manoeuvres as “dangerous”. According to the Russian defence ministry, the Severomorsk and the Vice-Admiral Kulakov, two of its anti-submarine ships, had “spotted a submarine from the Dutch navy… which tried to approach the Northern Fleet’s aircraft carrier group in the eastern Mediterranean.”
The Dutch submarine, which was detected by anti-submarine helicopters, was located around 20 kilometres from the Russian warships, it said. “The vessels followed its manoeuvres for more than an hour and forced it to leave the deployment area of the aircraft carrier’s group,” ministry said.