The Russian Ministry of Defense announces that the Su-24М dropped a bomb in the direction of the British ship.
It is reported that a British ministry violated the territorial border in the Black Sea, near Cape Fiolento.
“The British ship sailed three kilometers outside the border and did not respond to alerts for violating the territorial border. To stop the British ship, the Su-24М carried out a warning bombing in the direction of the ship’s movement. “Defenfer then turned around and sailed out of Russia’s territorial waters,” the Ministry of Defense said.
“The squadron was warned in advance that the weapon would be used if the state border of the Russian Federation was violated. To the warning [laivas] did not respond, ”the ministry said in a statement.
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According to the military, during this incident at 12 o’clock. 6 min. and 12 p.m. 8 min. the Coast Guard patrol vessel fired warning shots, and at 12 p.m. 19 min. Russia’s assault plane Su-24M carried out a “warning bomb drop” in front of the Defender.
“12 p.m. 23 min. “Due to the joint actions of the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) Border Service, the Royal Navy Squadron Miner Defender has left the territorial waters of the Russian Federation,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
RIA Novosti reports that the Russian Ministry of Defense summoned the British Defense Attaché after the incident.
Russia’s occupied strategically important Crimean peninsula was occupied by Russia after the pro-Western Maidan revolution in Kiev in 2014 and annexed in March of that year. The international community does not recognize this move.
Earlier in June, the British Royal Navy announced that HMS Defender had been separated from a group of British miners in the Mediterranean and sent “on missions in the Black Sea.”
Russian Senator Sergei Cekov, then commenting on the situation at RIA Novosti, said he condemned the actions of the British warship as a “blatant violation of international norms”.
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