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'Warning fire went up': Couple on board yacht describe encounter with Russian warship
Key takeaways
- Retired British couple Jane and Alan Kelvey spoke to BBC's Newsnight after coming into close contact with Russian frigate the Admiral Grigorovich on Tuesday morning.
- "They gave out five blasts on their horn, which means, have you seen us?", explained Jane.
- "We immediately turned two degrees to port so that they could see we'd made a deliberate change, of course, which meant we had seen them," she added.
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Retired British couple Jane and Alan Kelvey spoke to BBC's Newsnight after coming into close contact with Russian frigate the Admiral Grigorovich on Tuesday morning.
"They gave out five blasts on their horn, which means, have you seen us?", explained Jane.
"We immediately turned two degrees to port so that they could see we'd made a deliberate change, of course, which meant we had seen them," she added.
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