Russia’s Defense Ministry said this latest incident involves the USS Gravely and the Russian Navy frigate Yaroslav Mudry. Russian and U.S. officials blamed each other Tuesday for unsafe maneuvers in an incident involving both countries’ navies in the Mediterranean Sea on June 17. According to Reuters, the Russian Defense Ministry said a U.S. destroyer approached dangerously close to a Russian warship and called it a violation of rules to avoid collisions at sea. A U.S. Defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the Russian warship carried out “unsafe and unprofessional” operations near two U.S. Navy ships. The U.S. military said in April that Russian SU-24 bombers made simulated attack passes near the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea.

Source: Fox News June 29, 2016 05:48 UTC