Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Russia and United States blame each other for maritime incident

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Russia and the United States gave contradictory accounts of an incident involving the two countries' navies in the Mediterranean Sea on 17 June.  They blamed each other for what they said were unsafe manoeuvres.  Russia's Defence Ministry said a US destroyer had dangerously approached a Russian warship. However, a US Defence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the Russian warship had carried out 'unsafe and unprofessional' operations near two US Navy ships.  Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.


IN: The ministry of defence said the incident...