Footage from Wednesday morning's incident involving HMS Defender -- a Royal Navy Type 45 air defense destroyer -- and Russian attack aircraft and a patrol boat was published on the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation's Twitter account this afternoon.
The video, filmed presumably from a Russian fighter jet, captured the moment when Defender allegedly crossed into what Russia calls territorial waters near Crimea.
First, what can be seen is Defender, a British warship
with an oddly shaped radar tower, in the distance, with another vessel trailing it. Further, into the video,
crosshairs are shown, targeting the destroyer, with several fighter jets buzzing by the vessel.
Following HMS Defender's incident in what Russia calls territorial waters near Crimea,
Moscow has ordered the British ambassador to Russia to the Foreign Ministry's office.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the "rude British provocation that defies international law," and confirmed the ambassador was being summoned.
BBC's defense correspondent, Jonathan Beale, was conveniently on the HMS Defender when more than "20 aircraft in the skies" swarmed the warship after it allegedly crossed into Russian territorial waters near Crimea.
Both UK and NATO do NOT recognize Russia's claim to Crimea.
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Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti (Russian)
The added spice is that there was a US intelligence gathering aircraft in the area, possibly to gauge the nature of the Russian response to the UK's violation of the Russian territorial waters.
Before the incident, the
Defender was in the Black Sea to sell warships to Ukraine.
It was a privilege to host Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin and Deputy Defence Minister of Ukraine for the signing of a significant Memoranda of Implementation witnessed by the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC @UKinUkraine #CSG21 #GlobalBritain #StrongerTogether