WASHINGTON, January 28. /TASS/. The US authorities have detained two Russian women, who allegedly drove onto the territory of a military base in California and are now facing repatriation, the Russian Embassy to the US said, answering to a request from TASS.

"According to the information of the Immigration and Customs Service of the United States as of January 26, it was granted custody of two female Russian citizens, detained after trespassing onto the territory of the Camp Pendleton in California," the embassy said. "At present, they are kept at a local deportation center pending repatriation."

The US Department of State has not notified the Russian side about the detention, the embassy said. Russian diplomats remain in touch with the US immigration authorities to clarify the circumstances of the incident and defend the detainees’ rights in full.