Member of the Federation Council Committee on defense Franz Klintsevich in an interview with NSN responded to a report that the US missile destroyer McCampbell was near the Peter the Great Bay in Primorye, where the base of the Russian Pacific fleet.

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“There is such a game. So they show their courage. So they seem to create newsworthy in order to show Russia’s seriousness of intent in support of provocations, which they started together with the Ukrainians,” — said Klintsevich.

Earlier, Klintsevich in an interview with the FAN appreciated the statement by us Senator John Barrasso about the fact that NATO and the US need to send ships into the Black sea to respond to “Russian aggression”.

Also the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Vladimir Jabbarov commented on the passage of the US destroyer near the Russian base.