[World Wide Web Reporter Zhao Jiandong] According to reports from Russia's Interfax news agency, Russia Today (RT) and other media reports, the Russian Black Sea Fleet Information Service issued a statement on October 13 refuting the report that the "Novorossiysk" conventional submarine floated in French waters due to malfunction.

According to the report, according to the statement, the submarine "Novorossiysk" carried out cross-fleet defense navigation as planned after completing the Russian Navy's standing combat mission in the Mediterranean Sea. In response to the NATO Maritime Command's earlier claim that a French frigate found a Russian submarine in the waters near Brittany, the Russian Black Sea Fleet said: "According to international navigation rules, submarines need to remain in a floating state when passing through the waters of the English Channel. The so-called 'The statement that the submarine Novorossiysk suffered a malfunction and emergency float is inconsistent with the facts."

RT reported that NATO Maritime Command reported on social media X on the 10th that NATO had discovered the Russian Navy's "Novorossiysk" submarine carrying "caliber" cruise missiles in the waters of northwest France. The submarine allegedly surfaced due to a technical failure-NATO has announced that it is "monitoring the sea channel" and preparing to "defend allies."

The submarine is the first in the six Kilo class 636.3 submarine series, built by the Russian Joint Shipbuilding Corporation Naval Ministry shipyard, for use by the Black Sea fleet, can carry "caliber" cruise missiles.