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.
I thought this headline was from 1944.
or 1914.
Yes 1914.
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.
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.
Taken from Defcon Level Warning System: https://www.defconlevel.com/central-command-news.php#breaking-news
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.
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?
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.
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.
......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.....
Yep... Putin is no saint, but the enemy of my enemy and all that.
NWO must be stopped.
Or 1854.
> 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...
So poorly written....
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.
Biden and Friends keep poking that “bear”.
It won’t be a surprise when their arm gets bitten off.
The Russians are the good guys in this instance. They are defending their borders unlike the traitors in the USA.
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