The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharov called the incident with the British Defender destroyer in the Black Sea by provocation from the UK. She stated on this Youtube channel “Soloviev Live”.
“The behavior of the British, the British destroyer in the Black Sea does not leave them a chance to get out of them. After that, the word” provocation “,” intentional provocation, “is more often used in assessing their behavior,” she said.
Earlier, the official representative of the Foreign Ministry revealed the meaning of the “lies” of Britain on the incident with the destroyer Defender, which crossed the sea border of Russia on June 23. In her opinion, the British persistently lied that there was no warning volley so that they did not have to explain their public, why to risk their people and equipment, as well as “why, in principle, it was all necessary.”
On June 23, the British destine Defender crossed the Russian border and three kilometers entered the territorial waters of Cape Piolent. The Russian border guard ship performed twice a warning firing, the Su-24m conducted a warning bombing at the destination course. After that, Defender left Russian water.