Russian Frigate Fires Warning Shots at British Yacht in English Channel

Russian Frigate Fires Warning Shots at British Yacht in English Channel

A Russian guided-missile frigate fired warning shots at a UK yacht on June 16, forcing it to change course. Britain's PM called it reckless; Russia claimed the vessel approached unsafely. The incident escalates tensions over international waterway access and follows a Royal Navy seizure of a sanctioned Russian tanker in the same strait hours earlier.

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