Ministry of Defence investigates after shots apparently fired within 500 metres of vessel near Isle of Wight

  • zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    Well… not a supporter of Russia, but if you sail in collision course to a war ship, ignore all the communication attempts (radio and flares), then you should not be surprised to hear a warning shot.

    Try to do the same with an US war ship, the outcome will be the same.

    • scutiger@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      The couple took issue with the Russian version of events.

      Jane added: “They didn’t send up any flares, they didn’t try to radio us, they didn’t look to us like they were adrift, we were definitely not on a collision course. We were going to miss them. It just wasn’t an incident until the gunfire started.”

      According to the couple, it doesn’t match up. I mean they could just be covering their asses, but Russia’s also kind of known for being assholes of late.