U.S. officials say Russian warship came dangerously close to Navy ship

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U.S. officials say Russian warship came dangerously close to Navy ship
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By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent

Updated 6:15 PM ET, Tue June 28, 2016
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    The Russian vessel made repeated passes behind the Gravely within its wake
    U.S. officials say they have served noticed on Moscow protesting the incident as unsafe

(CNN)A Russian warship approached within 315 yards of a U.S. Navy warship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea earlier this month in what U.S. officials say was a series of unsafe maneuvers.
The USS Gravely was in the Mediterranean on a routine patrol June 17 to provide protection for the aircraft carrier Harry S Truman as part of Operation Inherent Resolve to counter ISIS. It was approached by the Russian Neustrashimyy-class frigate, according to U.S. officials.

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US Officials Say Russian Warship Intentionally Interfered With Navy Operations

The U.S. has accused Russia of intentionally interfering with its Navy operations.

New video released by Russia shows the moment that a Russian frigate, the Neustrashimyy, and the U.S. Navy’s USS Gravely crossed paths in the eastern Mediterranean two weeks ago. Russia’s defense ministry claimed the U.S. ship made a “dangerous approach” on its warship, saying it “grossly breached” international maritime laws. The ministry said the U.S. sailors were “allowing themselves to forget about the fundamental principles of safe sailing” and didn’t think about the potential consequences of their dangerous maneuver.

But U.S. officials told a very different version of events and they said the video is a clever piece of editing by the Russians.