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Starmer slams Russian warship's ‘reckless’ warning shots in English Channel

The British Royal Navy's HMS Mersey tracks the Russian Navy's Admiral Grigorovich frigate and Krasnodar submarine at an unknown location, in this undated handout image.
The British Royal Navy's HMS Mersey tracks the Russian Navy's Admiral Grigorovich frigate and Krasnodar submarine at an unknown location, in this undated handout image. © UK MOD, Royal Navy handout via Reuters

The decision by a Russian warship to fire warning shots near a British yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday was "reckless", UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday. The British defence ministry described it as an "isolated incident" with no suspected link to the boarding by British commandos of an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's shadow fleet over the weekend.

British ⁠Prime Minister Keir ​Starmer said on Wednesday the firing of warning shots ​by a Russian frigate to divert a UK-flagged civilian yacht near British territorial waters was reckless and deeply concerning.

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