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The Russian ambassador to Britain, Andrei Kelin, described the incident as 'regrettable' and claimed the HMS Defender had been 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) inside Russian territorial waters. The Kremlin – which annexed Crimea in 2014 – has been riled by the movement of NATO warships in the Black Sea seen as offering support to Ukraine. The latest flare-up comes amid months of tensions between Moscow and the West following a buildup earlier this year of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine. The underlying point is that there are international laws that must be upheld by everyone and HMS Defender had the absolute right to be where she was yesterday.' It was unreasonable of the Russians to challenge HMS Defender in the way that they did. I would say it's the behavior of a rogue state, but Russia shouldn't be a rogue state.'įormer head of the Army General Lord Dannatt said Putin is 'testing the will of the West.' He told Sky News: 'I'm a little bit surprised that the Ministry of Defense is playing it down. 'As per usual, I'm afraid, Putin's organization is lying about that. The former first sea lord told LBC, 'The bottom line is Putin is an expert at disinformation and his actions are very reckless, and we've seen that now for three or four years.' He said Putin's behavior is 'appalling' and 'there's no doubt the Defender was asserting her right of innocent passage from one port to another.' He added: 'Putin wants to play to his home audience, he wants to tell them 'aren't I tough, look at that, I've made Britain go away,' and that's why I think they lied about firing warning shots at the Defender – which they didn't do. Former Royal Navy chief Admiral Lord West accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of 'playing to the home audience.'

British Ambassador Deborah Bronnert was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow after Russia accused the Type 45 destroyer of straying into its territorial waters.

World of warships british destroyers challenge