Posted on 06/23/2021 12:41:06 PM PDT by ransomnote
MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British warship to chase it out of waters Moscow claims in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimea peninsula.
Britain rejected Russia's account of the incident, saying it believed any shots fired were a pre-announced Russian "gunnery exercise", and that no bombs had been dropped. But it confirmed that its destroyer, HMS Defender, had sailed through what it described as waters belonging to Ukraine.
The ship was "conducting an innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law", Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said: "It's incorrect to say either that it was fired upon or that the ship was in Russian waters."
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And The Free World has a senile idiot at the helm. Great. At least no mean Tweets or something.
I hate to say it....But I think the UK may be fibbing.
Those aren’t Ukrainian waters anymore. Crimea is Russian and its never going to be a NATO base short of nuclear war.. If the British position is correct, they could sail right into Sevastopol harbor, or simply start landing troops on the beach with the permission of Ukraine.
Good night have a good session with Crimea it’s just bazaar. OK, so they had designs on pulling a fast one and turning Sevastopol into a NATO navy base. There was never more than about a 1% chance of that happening since it’s been a Russian Navy base since the late 1700s.
They need to drop this lunacy of constant provocation.
Mostly, it’s a distraction for what they are doing to America.
“Those aren’t Ukrainian waters anymore.”
Soon enough Ukraine won’t be Ukrainian anymore.
The Russian Navy has over twice the tonnage of the British Navy. The largest British ships are destroyers. I don’t think it’s the Russians who need to be careful.
And The Free World has a senile idiot at the helm. Great. At least no mean Tweets or something.
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I’m not so sure “The Free World” is an apt moniker anymore.
Learn to read a map. British destroyer visited Ukrainian city of Odessa in the Black Sea.
A tweet from the HMS Defender account on Tuesday said it was leaving the Ukrainian port of Odessa, accompanied by the Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/23/europe/russia-warning-shots-hms-defender-uk-denial-intl/index.html
You’re right, it isn’t free anymore.
Try this link:
https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2021/06/hmsdefender-zip/giv-825UQYS4B7VkE8n/
Looks like the destroyer went right off Sevastapol
Yes, none of our business anyway. Half the Ukraine along with Crimea is mostly ethnic Russian. It’s time to follow the example of Czechoslovakia and split in two.
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Oh no! Don't tell me Britain almost lost their one destroyer! Besides, does the Crimea still belong to the Ukraine?
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