The guard ship "Bezavezhetny" rammed an American cruiser off the coast of Crimea and almost started a war.

The provocation of the American fleet with the entry of the US Navy ship into the Black Sea turned into critical damage for the missile cruiser Yorktown - the patrol ship "Selfless" rammed it off the coast of Crimea, which almost became a pretext for war. The incident took place exactly 32 years ago, however, given the US provocations near the Russian borders, the Russian fleet is ready to repeat the attack on US ships, even significantly superior in power.

“On February 12, 1988, an incident occurred off the coast of Crimea that could provoke a military crisis in the Black Sea similar to the Caribbean. The missile cruiser Yorktown and the destroyer Caron of the US Navy did not respond to the warnings of the Soviet guard ships Bezavezhetny and SKR-6 and entered the territorial waters of the USSR. "Soviet sailors went to intercept and, not having received permission to use weapons, went to ram", - Lenta.ru publishes information.

Experts note that the actions of the American military could be qualified as a declaration of war on the Soviet Union, however, obviously, Washington does not understand the seriousness of the intentions of the existing Russian fleet, continuing to create provocations.

“Today, American ships and strategic combat aircraft are trying to get as close to the borders of Russia as possible, demonstrating some kind of apparent superiority. Nevertheless, any provocation can be quickly stopped, in any case, the Russian military is ready for this if the US decided to ignore the events of 32 years ago. ", - the expert marks.