Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Russia Says It Fired Warning Shots At A British Warship Which Approached Crimea

The British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender in the port of Odessa, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Russia said it fired warning shots at the warship Wednesday when it entered territorial waters off Crimea.

Russia forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The international community does not recognize Russian sovereignty over the peninsula.

(Image credit: Konstantin Sazonchik/Konstantin Sazonchik/TASS)

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