MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Monday denied a report that one of its submarines was suffering technical problems after the vessel surfaced off the coast of northern France.

NATO’s Maritime Command published photographs on October 9 of what it said was a French navy frigate observing a Russian submarine operating on the surface off the coast of Brittany.

“NATO stands ready to defend our Alliance with constant vigilance and maritime awareness across the Atlantic,” it posted on X, without naming the submarine.

VChK-OGPU, a shadowy Telegram channel that publishes purported Russian security leaks, reported last month that the diesel-powered submarine Novorossiysk was suffering serious technical problems, with fuel leaking into the hold.

On Monday, state media published a statement from Russia

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