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Russia ‘fires warning shots and drops BOMBS near Royal Navy warship as tensions explode near Crimea’
The US Sun ^ | 23 June 2021 | Henry Holloway

Posted on 06/23/2021 5:16:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi

A RUSSIAN vessel fired warning shots British warships while a fighter jet dropped "warning bombs", Vladimir Putin's defence ministry has claimed.

Moscow has alleged the Russian ship and aircraft were scrambled after HMS Defender allegedly crossed into its territorial waters in the Black Sea.

HMS Defender was reportedly sailing in the Black Sea

Russian state media reports the Royal Navy Type-45 destroyer crossed the border near Cape Fiolent at 11.52am local time and was warned to stand down.

The destroyer is alleged to have kept its course and a Russian border patrol vessel opened fire at 12.06pm and 12.08pm.

And then its claimed a SU-24 fighter jump dropped four warning bombs in the direction of the vessel.

It claimed at 12.23pm the British ship left Russian waters which further incident.

Moscow has claimed the British Embassy have now been summoned to answer for the confrontation which comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West.

HMS Defender sailed into the region after operating as part of the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group in the Med.

The £1billion warship was sailing with Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen.

And it comes after Russia boasted it had "expelled" another British warship - HMS Dragon - from the region back in October, something which the MoD rubbished as untrue.

Moscow claimed the Type 45 had ignored warnings not to enter Russian territorial waters - and claimed she was chased of by fighter planes and warships.

The latest dramatic incident comes as Ukraine is reportedly seeking to enter NATO in what would be a major blow to Putin.

Ukraine and Russia have been at odds ever since Moscow illegally annexed Crimea from Kiev in a move that received international condemnation.

It has since allegedly been supporting rebel groups fighting in eastern Ukraine and has been accused of plotting further land grabs.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Japan; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; crimea; germany; japan; putinsbuttboys; russia; southchinasea; taiwan; taiwanstrait; uk; ukraine; unitedkingdom; vladtheimploder
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We know Russia's grip is absolute.
1 posted on 06/23/2021 5:16:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
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To: Erik Latranyi

I thought this headline was from 1944.


2 posted on 06/23/2021 5:21:19 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

or 1914.


3 posted on 06/23/2021 5:26:05 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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To: C210N

Yes 1914.


4 posted on 06/23/2021 5:26:55 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Erik Latranyi

And for some insane reason, that Queen Elizabeth carrier has a squadron of USMC jets on it because the Brits don’t have enough. So Brits doing these things are dragging our guys into it and they are under the command of a British Captain.


5 posted on 06/23/2021 5:28:44 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: central_va

Don’t we wish this was from a century ago?

We live in the post-superpower, post-NATO age of weakness in the face of the very nation they were designed to oppose.


6 posted on 06/23/2021 5:29:30 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: central_va
In other tension-increasing news:

U.S. Seizes Iranian Media Websites Including Iran's State Run TV Site - The United States has seized three dozen Iranian media sites for spreading misinformation, including Iran's state run TV website, replacing the website with a Department of Justice message that reads "This website has been seized by the United States Government in accordance with a seizure warrant issued pursuant to the 18 U.S.C. §§ 981, 982, and 50 U.S.C. 1701-1705 as part of a law enforcement action by the Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement and Federal Bureau of Investigation". The seizure comes only days after Ebrahim Raisi won the Iranian presidential elections and stated that he will not be meeting with Joe Biden and said that there will be no negotiations on its missile program or its sponsorship of terrorist activities in any new nuclear deal negotiations.

Taken from Defcon Level Warning System: https://www.defconlevel.com/central-command-news.php#breaking-news

7 posted on 06/23/2021 5:32:01 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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To: Erik Latranyi

They are going to screw around and start something. NATO goes inside the 12 mile limit, pretending that Crimea belongs to Ukraine so the Brit ship has “permission”. They keep pushing this and it can’t end well.

Only wish DC cared that much about our border.


8 posted on 06/23/2021 5:34:14 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: Erik Latranyi

What weakness? The Brits crossed the border and stayed the course. They got a shot across the bow and left the area. That’s pretty standard.
You think the Brits should have shot back?


9 posted on 06/23/2021 5:37:51 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: DesertRhino

So true. Much ado about nothing. This is just another ploy by NATO and the EU to get a war going with Russia. They have been using the Ukraine for years now to entice Russia into a conflict. Most people don’t understand that Putin is not a globalist. He hates the NWO.


10 posted on 06/23/2021 5:46:11 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yeah. And you notice what’s missing here? A Brit denial. Even bet they did this deliberately and would claim innocence by saying Ukraine gave them permission. By that logic you could land troops in Sevastopol.

DC and London would love a war with Russia. In their mind it is certain to stay conventional.


11 posted on 06/23/2021 5:52:00 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: DesertRhino

......And then it[’]s claimed a SU-24 fighter jump dropped four warning bombs in the direction of the vessel.”
hhhmmmmmm....”jump dropped”......that’s a new one on me...I worked with all kinds of USAF munitions for many years and never saw a “jump drop” one.....


12 posted on 06/23/2021 5:53:52 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yep... Putin is no saint, but the enemy of my enemy and all that.

NWO must be stopped.


13 posted on 06/23/2021 5:56:28 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: C210N

Or 1854.


14 posted on 06/23/2021 5:59:19 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Erik Latranyi

> Don’t we wish this was from a century ago?

Or 1856? This is the Crimean war all over again. Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred...


15 posted on 06/23/2021 6:01:59 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Erik Latranyi

So poorly written....


16 posted on 06/23/2021 6:03:28 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
This is totally illegal under the Marquess of Queensberry rules.
17 posted on 06/23/2021 6:06:03 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Erik Latranyi

Putin is riding high thanks to spiking oil prices, and they will only go higher. 74 today, 80 next week, 100 by Labor day. Tens of billions more for Vlad to play with.


18 posted on 06/23/2021 6:06:33 AM PDT by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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To: Erik Latranyi

Biden and Friends keep poking that “bear”.
It won’t be a surprise when their arm gets bitten off.


19 posted on 06/23/2021 6:07:31 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: DesertRhino

The Russians are the good guys in this instance. They are defending their borders unlike the traitors in the USA.


20 posted on 06/23/2021 6:14:31 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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