🇦🇺 Australia 1d ago · Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Russian frigate fires warning shots at British yacht in Channel

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Russian frigate fires warning shots at British yacht in Channel
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Shots fired within 500 metres of vessel near Isle of Wight amid heightened tensions between London and MoscowA Russian warship fired warning shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning amid a period of heightened tensions between London and Moscow.The rare incident took place at 11.40am over 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight and less than 40 miles north of Normandy, France, when the yacht, identified as the private vessel Bright F

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