Moscow: We removed an American military ship from Russian waters.

Russia's Defence Ministry says an American Navy ship “Arleigh Burke” has left Russian waters in the Far East, after it has been warned it could be hit.

The ministry said in a statement that the ship “U n SS John S. McCain” entered two kilometers of Russian territorial waters on November 24th and returned after receiving a warning from Russian ship Admiral Vinogradov.

The anti-inflicted Pacific Fleet Anti-Innerative Unit, Admiral Vinogradov, used an international channel of communication to warn the foreign ship that such actions were unacceptable and that the offender could be expelled from the country's territorial waters. After warning them and the Russian ship changed its course, the US ship returned to the international waters of”, the statement said.

A statement from the American Pacific Fleet did not provide details of the incident, but said the American ship “exploited the rights and freedoms of navigation”.

Such incidents have been reported by Russia often in recent years, as relations with the United States and the European Union deteriorated following the annexation of the Crime in Ukraine by Moscow in 2014, and its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Most incidents are seen as not threatening.