The Russian Defense Ministry did not ignore the statement of the Pentagon press secretary (US military department) John Kirby. An American official on the eve called the warning shooting opened on June 23 by a Russian patrol ship and a bomber on the British Navy destroyer Defender that invaded our territorial waters "an example of disinformation."
"The epic fiasco of the provocation committed by the crew of the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea, when they abruptly changed course from Russian territorial waters after warning shots, will remain a fragrant stain on the reputation of the Royal Navy for a long time," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Friday. - Therefore, it is not surprising that the official London and the Pentagon are frantically trying [...] to deny the obvious, calling everything "disinformation", even after Russia published a video of a warning shooting and direct evidence of the destroyer crew. But the former Rear Admiral Kirby (Pentagon press Secretary-approx. It is clearly well known that for the Russian armed forces reliably protecting the security of the Crimea, the Defender destroyer anywhere in the Black Sea is just a fat target for the anti-ship complexes of the Black Sea Fleet."
In this regard, the Russian military calls on the Pentagon and the command of the British naval forces, which are sending their warships to the Black Sea, "not to test their fate in vain, following the lead of the Ukrainian admirals of the mosquito fleet." And to be guided, according to General Konashenkov, exclusively by reason.
Recall that last Wednesday, the destroyer of the British Navy "Defender" entered the Russian territorial waters for 3 kilometers. The incident occurred in the area of Cape Fiolent in the suburbs of Sevastopol. First, Russian border guards came out to intercept the foreign ship, then the Russian Su-24M bomber reminded the British sailors about the inadmissibility of violating the state border of the Russian Federation. Only after a warning fire, which was made by both a border patrol ship and a combat aircraft, the British destroyer left our territorial waters. After the incident, the British military attache was called to the Ministry of Defense.
Ivan Petrov
