Russian warship fires shots at Royal Navy ship in Black Sea - Russia-UK tensions erupt

[Ali_Baba]

Russian warship 'fires shots at Royal Navy ship' in Black Sea

A RUSSIAN warship fired shells at a Royal Navy vessel today, state media has claimed, threatening relations between the countries.

www.express.co.uk

 

[TNT]

What is a UK ship doing in the black sea? These retarded brits still have a colonial hangover. Soon china and russia will put this tiny hypocrite in its place.

 

[Falconless]

What is a UK ship doing in the black sea?

Turkey and NATO

 

[qwerrty]

russia doesn't have a lot to lose like china. shit can get ugly fast if they keep provoking them.

 

[SecularNationalist]

Good job russkies
Don't provoke the big brown bear in hibernation

 

[Sharma Ji]

Nice, and an Su-24 dropped 4 bombs close to the destroyer too.

 

[Muhammed45]

What is the maritime security regime of Black Sea? Shouldn't Turkey have stopped a Foreign destroyer? Or am i wrong? Maybe Black Sea is considered as international waters.
@vostok

 

[Sharma Ji]

What is the maritime security regime of Black Sea? Shouldn't Turkey have stopped a Foreign destroyer? Or am i wrong? Maybe Black Sea is considered as international waters.

The territorial sea extends to a limit of 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal State. Within this zone, the coastal State exercises full sovereignty over the air space above the sea and over the seabed and subsoil.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/territorial-sea

the rest is all international waters. In this case the royal navy destroyer crossed into their territorial waters.


"As a result of joint actions of the Black Sea Fleet and the Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service, HMS Defender left the territorial sea of the Russian Federation at 12.23pm."

 

[Dustom999]

NATO air assets loitering around since the incidence with HMS destroyer. May be some
Air to air action forthcoming if NATO aircrafts too breach Russian air space.
# 2Buzzards F16C (probably from 510 Fighter wing) were also spotted in the area near the tanker going 800-900kts

 

[Wikki019]

brits are denying

 

[PakFactor]

brits are denying

Of course they going to deny.

 

[Beidou2020]

russia doesn't have a lot to lose like china. shit can get ugly fast if they keep provoking them.

I have a feeling Russia is in no mood to play down tensions, especially with a weakling like Britain.

 

[Dustom999]

RAF Typhoon with RAF tanker in area. Things certainly haven't cooled down yet.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

The entry of the naval platforms into the Black Sea via the Bosporus Straits is heavily restricted by the treaty. Yest, smaller ones can get through but only for 2 weeks duration....

 

[TNT]

I guess its time Turkish leaves NATO and stops being a western lackey. It would reduce the reach of NATO and avoid Turkey becoming a colateral due to NATO stupidity.