Russia Says Fires Warning Shots At British Ship In Black Sea
Sumaira FH Published June 23, 2021 | 06:20 PM
Moscow, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jun, 2021 ) :Russia on Wednesday said it fired warning shots at a British Navy destroyer in the Black Sea after it violated the country's territorial waters, while the UK denied that shots had been fired.
Incidents involving Western aircraft or ships are not uncommon at Russia's borders, especially during heightened tensions with Washington, Brussels and London, but rarely result in open fire.
The HMS Defender "was given a preliminary warning that weapons would be used if the state borders of the Russian Federation were violated. It did not react to the warning," the Russian defence ministry said, as quoted by the Interfax news agency.
The defence ministry added that "a border patrol ship fired warning shots" and a Su-24 aircraft dropped four bombs along the destroyer's path. It said that the ship then left Russian waters.
But the UK's defence ministry swiftly denied that the incident had happened at all.
"No warning shots have been fired at HMS Defender. The Royal Navy ship is conducting innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law," the ministry said.
After announcing that it had fired warning shots at the HMS Defender, Russia's defence ministry summoned Britain's military attache, Interfax reported.
According to the Russian defence ministry, the incident took place off the coast of Cape Fiolent on Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, also claiming the peninsula's coastal waters.
The Royal Navy said earlier in June that the HMS Defender had "peeled away" from its strike group conducting NATO operations in the Mediterranean to carry out "her own set of missions" in the Black Sea.
- Russia's NATO 'concerns' - Earlier on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin said Russia is "concerned" about the NATO build-up near Russian borders.
Addressing an international security conference in Moscow, Putin said the alliance "refuses to constructively consider our proposals to de-escalate tensions and reduce the risk of unpredictable incidents".
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