A British diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of Defense after the Russian military opened warning fire on the destroyer Defender, which violated the Russian border off the coast of Crimea.
Destroyer HMS Defender
The British military attache in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry after the Russian military opened warning fire on the British destroyer Defender, which violated the border in the Black Sea. This is reported by TASS with reference to the military department.
“In connection with the violation of the state border of the Russian Federation by a British Navy destroyer, the Russian Defense Ministry has summoned the defense attache at the British Embassy in Moscow,” the ministry said.
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On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense reported that the British destroyer violated the border in the area of Cape Fiolent in Crimea and did not respond to warnings, so the Russian patrol ship was forced to open a warning fire. In addition, the Su-24M bomber dropped several bombs in front of the intruder ship.
Defender entered the Black Sea in mid-June with the Dutch frigate Evertsen. Before that, the destroyer was in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the air group of the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth.
The forces and assets of the Black Sea Fleet have begun monitoring the actions of the destroyer URO “Defender” of the British Navy and the frigate URO “Everton” of the Dutch Navy, ” the National Defense Control Center of Russia reported on June 14.
HMS Defender is one of six guided missile defense destroyers built for the British Navy. It was commissioned into the British Navy in 2013. The basis of the Defender’s weapons is the PAAMS anti-aircraft missile system, designed to protect ship formations from attacks with missiles, including supersonic ones. In addition, the destroyer is equipped with a 114-mm gun and several anti-aircraft guns. The ship is also capable of carrying a company of Marines on board.