Even if Russia sunk a British ship, it wouldn’t start a world war

MOSCOW – President Russia Vladimir Putin says even if Russian troops sink the destroyer English , it will not start a new world war because the Western powers know they cannot win such a war.

The Russian president called last week’s incident with a British Royal Navy destroyer in the Black Sea a “provocation” prepared jointly by London and Washington for reconnaissance purposes.

“In addition to the British destroyer Defender, a US reconnaissance plane took part in the incident,” Putin said bluntly while speaking on the annual Direct Line TV program.

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He added, “The British destroyer entered Russian territorial waters during the day while in the morning, Russian radar detected a US reconnaissance plane taking off from Greece.

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