It was either the sharpest escalation of NATO-Russian tension in recent years, with Russia firing warning shots at a British destroyer and dropping four bombs in its path. Or nothing much happened, depending on whom you talked to June 23.
Washington Post: Russia and UK at odds over incident 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.
