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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping in Évian-les-Bains and Dan Sabbagh

Russian warship incident in Channel deeply concerning, says Starmer

The Russian frigate in the foreground and a British vessel in the distance at sea
A British vessel in the distance monitors the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich in an unknown location on 4 June. Photograph: Royal Navy/MoD crown copyright/Reuters

Warning shots fired by a Russian warship sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning were “deeply concerning and reckless”, Keir Starmer said from the G7 summit on Wednesday as he warned that the UK was dealing with proxy attacks from Russia “every single day”.

The prime minister said the Ministry of Defence had assessed that the Russian vessel was drifting and fired the shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht.

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