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Russisk skib affyrer skud nær en yacht i Den Engelske Kanal.
Et britisk par, der befandt sig på en yacht, fik affyret advarselsskud nær deres båd af et russisk krigsskib i Den Engelske Kanal. Parret sejlede 37 km fra Isle of Wight i internationalt farvand, da de tirsdag (16. juni) kom i tæt kontakt med den russiske fregat Admiral Grigorovich. Ruslands forsvarsministerium sagde, at yachten havde været på en „farlig kurs mod“ krigsskibet, men parret sagde, at de „ikke var på kollisionskurs“. Hændelsen kommer få dage efter, at Royal Marine Commandos søndag opbragte et russisk tankskib fra skyggeflåden med sanktioneret olie i Kanalen, i den første operation af sin art udført af det britiske militær. Det russiske forsvarsministerium sagde, at besætningen på Admiral Grigorovich havde skudt ind i yachtens bane med rifler efter flere forsøg på at kontakte yachten via radio og affyring af advarselsblus, og at søfolkene havde handlet i „streng overensstemmelse med internationale skibsfartsregler“. Britiske myndigheder sagde, at yachten havde rapporteret, at det russiske fartøj havde affyret advarselsskud fra omkring 500 yards (457m) afstand – en relativt kort afstand efter søfartens standarder.
E/M/R/S-score
- EEksistens0/4 · Ikke vurderet
- MHensigt0/4 · Ikke vurderet
- RForbindelse til russisk aktør0/4 · Ikke vurderet
- SRussisk statsansvar0/4 · Ikke vurderet
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- 2026-06-16T19:12:48Z
A British couple that was on a yacht had warning shots fired near their boat by a Russian warship in the English channel. The couple was sailing 37 km off the Isle of Wight in international waters when they came in a close contact with the Russian frigate, the Admiral Grigorovich on Tuesday (June 16). Russia’s Defence Ministry said the yacht had been on a “dangerous approach” towards the warship but the couple said they were “not on a collision course”. The incident comes days after Royal Marine Commandos intercepted a Russian shadow fleet tanker carrying sanctioned oil in the Channel on Sunday, in the first operation of its kind carried out by the British military. The Russian Defence Ministry said the Admiral Grigorovich’s crew had fired into the yacht’s path with rifles after making several attempts to contact the yacht over the radio and launching warning flares and the sailors had acted in “strict accordance with international shipping regulations”. British authorities said the yacht had reported the Russian vessel had fired warning shots from around 500 yards (457m) away – a relatively near distance by the standards of sea travel.