The Black Sea Fleet in cooperation with the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia stopped the violation of the Russian state border by the destroyer Defender of the British Navy near Cape Fiolent. The border patrol ship carried out warning firing and the Su-24M bomber carried out warning bombing, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Wednesday. "At 11:52 on June 23 this year, the British Navy destroyer USS Defender, operating in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, crossed the state border of the Russian Federation and entered the territorial sea near Cape Fiolent for 3 km," the military department said. The British destroyer received a warning about the use of weapons in case of violation of the Russian state border, but did not respond to it. "At 12:06 and 12:08, the border patrol ship fired a warning shot. At 12:19, the Su-24M aircraft carried out a warning bombardment (4 OFAB-250) on the course of the Defender destroyer," the military department stressed. The Defense Ministry specified that at 12:23, thanks to joint actions of the Black Sea Fleet and the Border Guard Service of Federal Security Service of Russia, the destroyer USS Defender left the borders of the Russian territorial sea.
What would do the U.S. Border Guard in the similar situation?Without any doubts any intruder will be drown.
More than 20 Russian aircraft and two coastguard ships have shadowed a British warship sailing near Crimea.
Moscow's defence ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in the path of HMS Defender as it sailed some 12 miles (19km) off Crimea's coast.
The UK government rejected Russia's account of the incident and denied that any warning shots had been fired.
A BBC correspondent on the warship said it was harassed by Russia's military.
Aircraft could be heard overhead as BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale filed a report from the deck of HMS Defender in the Black Sea as it sailed to Georgia. He described hostile warnings over the radio as the warship's crew prepared for a possible confrontation.
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What would do the U.S. Border Guard in the similar situation?Without any doubts any intruder will be drown.
More than 20 Russian aircraft and two coastguard ships have shadowed a British warship sailing near Crimea.
Moscow's defence ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in the path of HMS Defender as it sailed some 12 miles (19km) off Crimea's coast.
The UK government rejected Russia's account of the incident and denied that any warning shots had been fired.
A BBC correspondent on the warship said it was harassed by Russia's military.
Aircraft could be heard overhead as BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale filed a report from the deck of HMS Defender in the Black Sea as it sailed to Georgia. He described hostile warnings over the radio as the warship's crew prepared for a possible confrontation.
HMS Defender: Russian jets and ships shadow British warship
More than 20 jets and two coastguard ships shadow HMS Defender as it sails near Crimea's coast.
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