The situation described by Politico on Tuesday took place on September 12. in the Barents Sea, a body of water in the Arctic Ocean near Norway. He appeared on the waters, taking part in military exercises, Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko.
The warship is 164 meters long and has a displacement of 7,570 tons, which makes it is one of the largest units of the Northern Fleet.
Barents Sea. Russian destroyer clashes with Norwegian cutter
– I heard over the radio:This is a Russian warship, you must leave the waters” – the captain of the cutter Ragnhild Kristine, Øystein Orten, reported the incident.
At the moment the call was made, the crew began to pull out the nets with the catch. – I replied, “There is no way we are moving.” We had to take nets on board, he said.
As reported by Orten, the Russian destroyer he approached the cutter to a distance of about 200 metersgave a fog signal (sound – ed.), then gave back warning shots. – Our boat was shaking, he noted.
Politico pointed out that the situation took place outside Norway's territorial waters, but within its Exclusive Economic Zone. It was noted that this is another incident that occurs when in these waters The Kremlin manages military exercises.
Arctic Dispute: Sergei Lavrov: This Is Not NATO Territory
In recent days, he spoke about the situation around the Arctic head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov. – We see that NATO intensifies exercises related to possible crises in the Arctic. Our country is fully prepared to defend its interests militarily and politically. and from the point of view of defense technologies, he announced.
He also noted that “The Arctic is not the territory of the North Atlantic Alliance“. In the opinion of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russia also other countries such as China Whether Indie “they have their own interests there.”
According to data from the US Geological Survey from 2022, there is approximately 30 percent of the world's natural gas resources and 13 percent of crude oil deposits.
Source: Politician, Interia
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