President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines has called the sighting of a Russian attack submarine in his country's exclusive economic zone "very worrisome," though a national security official said the sub had the right to pass through the area and has moved on.
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00:00The president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has called a sighting of a Russian
00:05attack submarine near his country very worrisome.
00:09The Philippines military says it detected the Kilo-class submarine 80 nautical miles
00:14west of the island of Mindoro last week.
00:17A guided missile frigate was sent to monitor the sub and made contact with it.
00:22A national security official said Monday that the submarine had the right to pass through
00:27the area and had since moved on.