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Russia Denies Malfunction on Submarine Spotted Off France
- On October 9, NATO's Maritime Command reported a Russian submarine surfaced off France, with a French Navy frigate tracking it near Brittany.
- Russia's Black Sea Fleet said Novorossiysk surfaced during a scheduled transit in line with international rules, while Russian social media and VChK-OGPU reported a diesel fuel leak and serious technical problems last month.
- The Novorossiysk is identified as a Project 636.3 Improved Kilo II-class submarine with submerged displacement about 3,100 tonnes, length 74 metres, six torpedo tubes, 45-day endurance and 300-metre dive depth.
- NATO declared it stands ready to defend the Alliance with constant vigilance across the Atlantic, while Secretary General Mark Rutte mocked the vessel as `a lone and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol`.
- Dutch authorities reported the submarine was under tow in the North Sea, while a US Navy patrol aircraft trailed it off Gibraltar and the Russian tug Yakov Grebelskiy shadowed the vessel.
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Moscow denies the submarine malfunctioned. According to Dutch authorities, the submarine had been under tow in the North Sea.
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Technical failure forces Russian Black Sea Fleet submarine to surface in Atlantic—NATO responds with frigate surveillance - Euromaidan Press
The B-261 Novorossiysk, which entered service with Russia's Navy in 2014, surfaced off Brittany's coast following an apparent technical emergency
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