
Russia says it fired warning shots on British warship but UK denies the claim
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Russia says one of its warplanes dropped bombs and a patrol boat fired warning shots to turn back a British destroyer it claims entered into its territorial waters in the Black Sea on Wednesday.
The UK Defense Ministry denied Moscow's accusation, saying that the British warship, HMS Defender, was making legal and innocent passage in the Black Sea. Russia said HMS Defender went three kilometers (1.9 miles) inside Russian territory off Cape Fiolent in Crimea just before noon local time on Wednesday. A nation's territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles (22.2 kilometers) from its coastline. Any foreign warship going past that limit would need permission of the country to do so.More Related News