Stop Provocation in the Black Sea!

MOSCOW – Russia calls on Britain to stop their provocations after the incident with the warship HMS Defender. This was expressed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, adding that the Black Sea is not the place for such games.

“You need to talk as directly as possible with the provocateurs, substantively explain with your finger that next time they should put aside their provocations and not interfere here. And the risk of conflict as a result of this could increase even more,” Ryabkov said in an interview with Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn magazine quoted Sputnik, Tuesday (6/7/2021).

“The Black Sea is not a place where such play is allowed,” he stressed.

On June 23, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said the British Navy destroyer HMS Defender entered the country’s territorial waters near Cape Fiolent in Crimea. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and border security forces had to fire warning shots to divert the destroyer.

The military also deployed Su-24M fighters to drop bombs in the path of the HMS Defender, to force the British destroyer to leave Russian waters after ignoring other warnings ordering it to do so.

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