MOSCOW — A Russian warship caught the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain operating illegally in Russia’s territorial waters in the Sea of Japan, but chased it off, Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday.
Moscow said that the Admiral Vinogradov, a Russian destroyer, had verbally warned the U.S. ship and threatened to ram it in order to force it to leave the area.
The U.S ship had immediately returned to neutral waters after being warned off, the defense ministry said in a statement.
Such incidents are rare but underscore poor diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the United States whose ties are languishing at a post-Cold War low.
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