{"id":34586,"date":"2021-06-23T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/23\/russia-says-warning-shots-deter-uk-warship-london-denies-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:59:35","slug":"russia-says-warning-shots-deter-uk-warship-london-denies-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2021\/06\/23\/russia-says-warning-shots-deter-uk-warship-london-denies-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says warning shots deter UK warship; London denies it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 The Russian military said one of its warships in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/07\/22\/us-presence-in-black-sea-for-training-exercise-sends-message-to-any-adversary-usafe-leader-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Black Sea<\/a> fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs Wednesday to force a British destroyer away from an area near Crimea that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/12\/31\/why-russia-is-swallowing-the-black-sea-and-wont-stop-until-it-has-choked-out-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moscow claims as its territorial waters<\/a>, but Britain denied that account and insisted its ship wasn\u2019t fired upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the first time since the Cold War that Moscow has claimed to have used live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting the growing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/07\/20\/nato-black-sea-exercise-kicks-off-as-moscow-puts-its-regional-forces-on-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\">risk of military incidents<\/a> amid soaring tensions between Russia and the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Defense Ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots after the British destroyer HMS Defender had ignored a notice against intrusion and sailed 3 kilometers (1.6 nautical miles) into Russia\u2019s territorial waters near Sevastopol, the main Russian naval base in Crimea. It said a Russian Su-24 bomber also dropped four bombs ahead of the British ship\u2019s path to persuade it to change course. Minutes later, the British warship left the Russian waters, the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Ministry said it summoned the U.K. military attache in Moscow to protest the British destroyer\u2019s \u201cdangerous move\u201d as a \u201ccrude violation\u201d of international maritime law. It urged British authorities to investigate its crew\u2019s actions to \u201cprevent such incidents in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defense denied the Defender had been fired on or was in Russian waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo warning shots have been fired at HMS Defender,\u201d it said in a statement. \u201cThe Royal Navy ship is conducting innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia annexed Ukraine\u2019s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, a move that was not recognized by most countries, gaining access to the peninsula\u2019s long Black Sea coast. Russia has frequently chafed at NATO warships visits near Crimea, casting them as destabilizing. In April, it declared a broader sea area off Crimea closed to foreign naval ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe the Russians were undertaking a gunnery exercise in the Black Sea and provided the maritime community with prior warning of their activity,\u201d the British Ministry of Defense said. \u201cNo shots were directed at HMS Defender and we do not recognize the claim that bombs were dropped in her path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the U.K. vessel \u201ccarried out a routine transit from Odessa towards Georgia across the Black Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs is normal for this route, she entered an internationally recognized traffic separation corridor,\u201d he said on Twitter, adding that HMS Defender exited the corridor safely at 9:45 a.m. BST (0845 GMT; 4:45 a.m. EDT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UK-plane.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UK-plane.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UK-plane.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UK-plane.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UK-plane.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &#8211; In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 file photo and provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Russian Su-24 bomber lands at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. The Russian military says its warship has fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs to force a British destroyer from Russia&#8217;s waters near Crimea in the Black Sea. The incident on Wednesday June 23, 2021, marks the first time since the Cold War era when Moscow used live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting soaring Russia-West tensions. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs is routine, Russian vessels shadowed her passage and she was made aware of training exercises in her wider vicinity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wallace said Britain\u2019s ambassador in Moscow had been summoned by Russian authorities. Speaking to Parliament\u2019s defense committee, Wallace again denied Russia\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese are the things that come and go with Russia,\u201d he said. \u201cDisinformation, misinformation is something that we have seen regularly. We\u2019re not surprised by it; we plan for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked if the crew of HMS Defender had seen or heard anything, he said \u201cinitial reports say they did hear or observe training noises somewhere to the rear of her but beyond visual range.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe saw the reports this morning,\u201d said Max Blain, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. \u201cIt\u2019s incorrect to say either that it was fired on or this ship was in Russian waters. HMS Defender was taking the most direct and internationally recognized route between Ukraine and Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized that Britain, along with much of the international community, does not recognize Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the incident was \u201ca clear proof of Ukraine\u2019s position: Russia\u2019s aggressive and provocative actions in the Black and Azov seas, its occupation and militarization of Crimea pose a lasting threat to Ukraine and allies.\u201d \u201cWe need a new quality of cooperation between Ukraine &amp; NATO allies in the Black Sea,\u201d Kuleba tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, is part of the U.K. Carrier Strike Group currently heading to the Indo-Pacific region. However, it was announced earlier this month that it would be temporarily breaking away from the group to carry out its \u201cown set of missions\u201d in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NATO members Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria all are on the Black Sea. Warships from the U.S., U.K. and other NATO allies also have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/russian-jet-buzzes-us-warship-in-the-black-sea\/?utm_source=clavis\" target=\"_blank\">made increasingly frequent visits<\/a> in a show of support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking just before the incident, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, sharply criticized the deployment of NATO warships near Russian waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe moves by warships of the U.S. and its allies have been clearly provocative,\u201d Gerasimov said at an international security conference in Moscow organized by the Defense Ministry. \u201cIt creates preconditions for incidents and doesn\u2019t help ease tensions in the military sphere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He charged that the British destroyer HMS Dragon intruded into Russian waters near Crimea in October, and the U.S. destroyer John S. McCain violated the Russian border in the Sea of Japan in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, Russia imposed restrictions on foreign navy ships\u2019 movements near Crimea until November in a move that drew strong complaints from Ukraine and the West. Russia has rejected that criticism and noted that the restrictions wouldn\u2019t interfere with commercial shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, Russia also bolstered its troops near the border with Ukraine and warned Ukrainian authorities against using force to reclaim control of the country\u2019s eastern industrial heartland, where a conflict with Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 14,000 people in seven years. Moscow withdrew some of its forces after maneuvers, but Ukrainian officials say the bulk of them have remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking earlier Wednesday via video to participants of a Moscow security conference, President Vladimir Putin expressed concern about the deployment of NATO\u2019s forces near Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe aren\u2019t striving for a decisive, unilateral military advantage to tip the balance of forces in our favor,\u201d Putin said. \u201cBut we will never allow anyone else to tip that balance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s relations with the West have sunk to the lowest levels since the Cold War, following Moscow\u2019s annexation of Crimea, accusations of Russian interference with elections, hacking attacks and other tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a speech at the same conference before Wednesday\u2019s incident, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said \u201cthe situation in Europe is explosive,\u201d and accused NATO of stonewalling Russian proposals to enhance security by refraining from holding military exercises near the borders of Russia and the alliance members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He warned that \u201cthe world is rapidly sinking in a new confrontation, which is much more dangerous than during the Cold War times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Jill Lawless in London contributed.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incident on Wednesday marks the first time since the Cold War era that Moscow has claimed to have used live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting soaring Russia-West tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":16,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,46,11,16,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1411],"class_list":["post-34586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-europe","category-global","category-naval","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"6DPYECDXMRBDRNTLRP24WPCOLA","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/2021\/06\/23\/russia-says-warning-shots-deter-uk-warship-london-denies-it\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia says warning shots deter UK warship; 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