Russia’s Vladimir Putin has accused the UK and US military of staging a “complex provocation”, after British warship HMS Defender sailed near the coast of Russian-annexed Crimea.
BBC: Russia’s Putin accuses UK and US of military provocation
This handout photo taken on June 26, 2021 and released by British Embassy in Georgia, shows the British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender arrives in the Black Sea port of Batumi on June 26, 2021.
