Russia will summon Britain’s ambassador to Moscow over what it stated was the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, the overseas ministry stated on Wednesday.
Russia suspended participation in a UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative on Saturday after what it stated was a serious drone assault on vessels within the Bay of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Russia’s defence ministry stated the assault was carried out beneath the steering and management of British navy specialists, an assertion Britain has dismissed as false.
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“These actions had been carried out beneath the steering of British specialists,” Russian overseas ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed reporters on Wednesday.
“On this regard, the British ambassador will shortly be summoned to the Russian Overseas Ministry.”
Deborah Bronnert is Britain’s ambassador to Moscow.