Shortly after that, an Su-24M attack jet dropped bombs and a seaside patrol ship fired warning shots in front of the British destroyer, the Russian Defense Ministry stated in a report from Russian State Media TASS.British authorities pressed back on the Russian accusations.”TASS reported the Russian Defence Ministry informed journalists the Russian Black Sea Fleet, together with the Federal Security Service Border Control, “stopped an infraction of the Russian border” by the ship.The department said in a declaration that it has actually “called on the British side to perform an extensive examination of the actions of the crew of the destroyer Defender to avoid comparable events in the future. The ministry informed Russian state media that the British destroyer left Russian territorial waters at 12:23 p.m. local time.The Russian allegations on Wednesday follow a report from the United States Naval Institute News (USNI) on Monday that open source intelligence data on the positions of a dutch frigate and the british destroyer had been fabricated on June 18-19 to show them steaming to within two nautical miles of a Russian marine base in Sevastopol, Crimea.The track was revealed from an automatic identification system (AIS) signal, which sends position information of ships to improve maritime safety, according to the USNI report.
Russia says one of its warplanes dropped bombs and a patrol boat fired cautioning shots to turn back a British destroyer it claims gotten in into its territorial waters in the Black Sea.The UK Defense Ministry denied Moscows accusation, saying that the vessel, HMS Defender, was making innocent and legal passage.A BBC press reporter on the ship stated he saw Naval vessels and russian warplanes buzzing the destroyer.Russia stated the ship went three kilometers (1.9 miles) inside Russian area off Cape Fiolent in Crimea just before twelve noon regional time on Wednesday. Soon after that, an Su-24M attack jet dropped bombs and a coastal patrol ship fired alerting shots in front of the British destroyer, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a report from Russian State Media TASS.British authorities pushed back on the Russian accusations.”TASS reported the Russian Defence Ministry informed reporters the Russian Black Sea Fleet, together with the Federal Security Service Border Control, “stopped a violation of the Russian border” by the ship.The department stated in a statement that it has actually “called on the British side to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the actions of the team of the destroyer Defender to prevent similar incidents in the future. The ministry told Russian state media that the British destroyer left Russian territorial waters at 12:23 p.m. regional time.The Russian allegations on Wednesday follow a report from the US Naval Institute News (USNI) on Monday that open source intelligence data on the positions of a dutch frigate and the british destroyer had been faked on June 18-19 to reveal them steaming to within 2 nautical miles of a Russian marine base in Sevastopol, Crimea.The track was revealed from an automatic recognition system (AIS) signal, which transfers position information of ships to improve maritime security, according to the USNI report.