In a strange case of he said, she said, the Russian military claimed that it fired warning shots at the British destroyer HMS Defender on June 23. In addition to firing warning shots at the British naval vessel, Moscow said that an Su-24 aircraft dropped four bombs in the HMS Defender’s path in an effort to force it to change course.
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The Ukrainian Weekly: Tensions rising in the Black Sea
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands on a boat during trip on the Black Sea with his Belarusian counterpart on May 29, 2021, as the close allies met for a second day for informal talks amidst the outcry after Minsk diverted a European plane.
