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The Guardian - UK
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Emine Sinmaz and Helena Horton

‘We don’t want world war three’: yacht couple call for calm after Russian warning shots

Alan and Jane Kelvey
Alan and Jane Kelvey. The couple dispute Russian claims that their yacht was on a ‘dangerous approach’. Photograph: Jane Kelvey

A British woman on a yacht in the Channel near which a Russian warship fired warning shots has told how she does not want the incident to be blown out of proportion, saying: “We don’t want world war three to start because of this.”

Jane Kelvey, 69, and her husband, Alan, 70, were on their yacht, Bright Future, travelling from the south coast of England towards France on Tuesday when they came into close contact with the Admiral Grigorovich, a 409ft (125-metre) Russian frigate.

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