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BBC: Russian jets and ships shadow British warship

By BBC.

Published June 24, 2021 at 1:21 am

This handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry on April 22, 2021, shows Russian frigates moving to land troops and equipment a shore during a military drill along the Opuk training ground not far from the town of Kerch, on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of the Crimea.

Photo by AFP

More than 20 Russian aircraft and two coastguard ships have shadowed a British warship sailing near Crimea. Moscow’s defence ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in the path of HMS Defender as it sailed some 12 miles (19km) off Crimea’s coast.