Pentagon spotted Russian spy ship near Shell vessel

The reconnaissance ship SSV-208 Kurils of the Russian Pacific Fleet approached the Nobel Discoverer vessel of the American oil and gas company Shell Oil Company in the Arctic, Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis told CNN.

The incident occurred on Sunday. Nobel Discoverer was searching for oil in the Chukchi Sea north of the Bering Strait off the coast of Alaska when the Kuriles ship passed by.

It is also reported that the US warships were not sent to the area of ​​the meeting in response.

Previously American reconnaissance ships, airplanes and satellites closely monitored the movement of the Russian research vessel Yantar, which cruised near the US naval base with nuclear submarines Kings Bay.