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He vs ap world of warships2/10/2024 ![]() ![]() “The important point is that we don’t recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea, this is part of a sovereign Ukrainian territory,” Johnson told reporters Thursday during a visit to an army barracks in England. ![]() The U.K., like most of the world, recognizes Crimea as part of Ukraine despite the peninsula’s 2014 annexation by Russia.īritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson would not say whether he had personally approved the Defender’s voyage but suggested the Royal Navy was making a point by taking that route. It insisted the ship was making a routine journey through an internationally recognized travel lane and remained in Ukrainian waters. ![]() Minutes later, the Defender left Russian waters, the ministry said.īritain denied the Defender had been fired on or that bombs were dropped in its path. It said a Russian Su-24 bomber also dropped four bombs ahead of the vessel to persuade the Defender to change course. On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said a patrol ship fired warning shots after the HMS Defender had ignored a notice against intrusion and sailed 3 kilometers (1.6 nautical miles) into Russia’s territorial waters near Sevastopol, the main Russian naval base in Crimea. ![]()
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