The U.S. Coast Guard said it is monitoring a Russian military vessel that was spotted operating about 15 nautical miles south of Oahu on October 29, officials said Thursday.

Newsweek reached out to the Russian Government Press Office and Russian Foreign Ministry via email on Thursday evening outside of normal business hours for comment.

Why It Matters

Tensions between Russia and the U.S. have increased in recent months as the two nations failed to advance any peace deal between Russia and Ukraine—a major campaign promise that U.S. President Donald Trump said would occur shortly after returning to office, but that he subsequently found difficult and more complicated than he had anticipated.

Trump then escalated matters by announcing his intent to have the U.S. restart testing nuclear

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