Russia warns British ambassador over “dangerous” Crimea drone strike

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03rd Nov, 2022. 10:05 pm
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Russia claims British experts were involved in drone strike on Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.
UK denies being responsible for attack, but is open about involvement in training Ukrainian military.

In response to its claim that British experts were involved in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, the British ambassador was summoned, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, which said on Thursday that it had issued a complaint to her.

“The démarche stressed that such confrontational actions by the British threatened to escalate the situation and could lead to unpredictable and dangerous consequences,” the ministry said in a statement.

Soon after 10.30am, Ambassador Deborah Bronnert arrived at the foreign ministry while a small group of protesters brandished signs that said, “Britain is a terrorist state” and yelled anti-British chants. After about thirty minutes, she left. British officials made no quick comments.

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, had previously stated that the ambassador will be called to discuss Saturday’s drone attack on Crimea, which Russia forcefully invaded from Ukraine in 2014.

The statement noted that Britain had been training Ukrainian service personnel for some time. It said this had included the training of divers in “deep-sea sabotage skills”.

“There is information that the British Navy also transferred a certain number of uncrewed underwater vehicles to the Ukrainian side,” it added.

Britain denies being responsible for the attack but is open about its involvement in supplying and training the Ukrainian military.

Following the drone assault, Russia briefly halted its involvement in a Black Sea Grain agreement that was mediated by the UN.

President Vladimir Putin accuses Britain of being a particularly treacherous Western power that is attempting to destroy Russia and divide up its enormous natural riches.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, the European Union, and Britain levied some of the harshest sanctions in history and sent weaponry to Ukraine.

The British navy allegedly blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September, according to the Russian defense ministry. London dismissed this assertion as baseless and an attempt to deflect attention from Russian military missteps in Ukraine.

Russia warns British ambassador over “dangerous” Crimea drone strike

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