UK’s Starmer says Russian warship’s warning shots in Channel ‘reckless’
Key takeaways
- Russia says shots were fired to divert a yacht outside the UK’s territorial waters.
- The incident involving a British couple traveling on a yacht occurred on Tuesday, according to statements from the defence ministries of the United Kingdom and Russia.
- The Russian Ministry of Defence said the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich spotted the Bright Future travelling on a course that risked collision with the ship.
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Russia says shots were fired to divert a yacht outside the UK’s territorial waters.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is at the G7 to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other world affairs [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]By PA and Reuters Published On 17 Jun 202617 Jun 2026British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the firing of warning shots by a Russian frigate to divert a UK-flagged civilian yacht near British territorial waters was troublesome and “should not have happened”, but was not linked to the seizing of a Russian shadow fleet vessel over the weekend.
The incident involving a British couple traveling on a yacht occurred on Tuesday, according to statements from the defence ministries of the United Kingdom and Russia.