British Warships would go through disputed waters around Crimea again, a UK cabinet minister said after Russia accused a British destroyer of breaching Russian waters. Russia on Wednesday said it fired shots and dropped bombs in the path of the UK’s HMS Defender near Cape Fiolent, a landmark on the southern coast of Crimea near the port of Sevastopol, headquarters of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea fleet. Russian media quoted the defense ministry as saying that the ship ventured as much as 3 kilometers (2 miles) inside Russian waters before leaving. The UK has denied Russia’s claim, saying the Russian were undertaking a gunnery exercise, and no shots had been fired at the British Warship, which was “conducting innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters.” Russia seized and annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and considers areas around the peninsula’s coast to be Russian waters. Western countries consider the peninsula part of …
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