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Moscow warns against using navigation to violate its Maritime Borders

  • By Al Mayadeen
  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 24 Jun 2021 13:19
3 Min Read

The Russian Defence Ministry issued a statement warning from using free shipping law to breach its maritime borders, following the violating act of the British destroyer (HMS Defender) in the Black Sea.

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  • Moscow Warns From Deploying Navigation to Violate its Maritime Boarders
    British destroyer HMS Defender in the Black sea.

A warning statement was issued by the Russian federation succeeding the violation of its maritime borders in the black sea by the British destroyer HMS Defender.

Moscow then announced that the Black Sea forces and the Russian Border Service fired warning shots after a British warship violated the state’s borders of Crimea coasts. 

The Russian Ministry of Defence successfully described the incident as a “flagrant violation” of the UN Treaty on Maritime Law and demanded the UK to take measures and investigate the incident to prevent such acts from occurring in the future.

Al Mayadeen reporter stated that the Russian defense ministry informed the military attaché in Moscow that the British HMS Defender violated the state’s borders.

On the other hand, the Russian foreign ministry condemned and expressed rage from UK’s act in the Black sea.’

The foreign ministry declared in a statement issued, “Moscow warns from any misuse of the Free Shipping Principle that leads to violating its borders.”

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Wednesday, “Deborah Bronnert, British ambassador to Russia, was summoned to the ministry, to be informed about the British destroyer in black sea incident, which Moscow considers provoking.”

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Moreover, Zakharova added, “Our defense ministry submitted a professional analysis on the dangerous behavior conducted by the British Destroyer,” bearing in mind “that this is a provocative British act, that counter both the International and Russian laws.” 

Conversely, the British Defence Ministry commented on Moscow’s statement concerning the violation of the Russian borders by the “HMS Defender” in an illegal form, saying that no warning shots were fired from the Russian party.

The ministry also assured, “our warship was peacefully passing through the Ukrainian sea, and did not violate the International Law on Maritime Security.”

Meanwhile, the BBC channel confirmed that the warship “defender” that serves with the British Royal Fleet breached the Russian Border intentionally, according to the statement of Jonathan Baele, the channel’s reporter broadcasting from the destroyer’s deck.

According to Baele, the Russian coast guards steered the British destroyer to change its path, “but the ship continued its course on the international acknowledged path, and we saw the Ukrainian Cost about 12 miles away”. 

He also explained, “every now and then the ship was escorted by more than 20 Russian aircraft. Moreover alerts were issued by the Russian Cost Guards”.

Moscow declared that the Black Sea Fleet Forces, along with the Russian board Guards, fired warning shots towards a British warship that violated the Russian Maritime Borders off the coast of Crimea.

Ben Wallace, the British defense minister, announced last month “the Russian ship's activity increased off the UKs costs” and described Russia as “the enemy that represents a primary threat.”

The British Defence Ministry published a strategy to develop the country’s armed forces, which in turn revealed, among other topics, its state on the Russian Federation, considering it as a threat, as well as revealing plans to increase the British Forces in the black sea.

  • Maria Zakharova
  • Russia
  • United Nations
  • international maritime law
  • Ukraine
  • Crimea

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