The BBC says shots were fired, some 20 Russian aircraft were ‘buzzing’ around the HMS Defender.
Russia’s foreign ministry summoned Ambassador Deborah Bronnert to deliver a “tough demarche” — diplomatic jargon for a telling off — and spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused London of “barefaced lies”. Russia seized and annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and considers areas around its coast to be Russian waters. Western countries deem the Crimea to be part of Ukraine and reject Russia’s claim to the seas around it.
Britain has also disputed the Russian version of events, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab saying: “No shots were fired at HMS Defender.”
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