"The Russians are a little carried away by speculation": in Britain the incident with the destroyer HMS Defender is commented on by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture
Discussion of the incident involving the British destroyer HMS Defender continues in Russia and Britain. The main topic for discussion among military experts and political scientists of various levels was the following: did the Russian side use weapons or not?
Recall that on the eve of the United Kingdom Navy destroyer violated the Russian maritime borders in the Sevastopol region, entering the waters of the Russian Federation for 3 km. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation spread reports that the crew of the British warship did not react in any way to the warnings, after which the Coast Guard ship had to open warning fire. After a while, the Su-24M bomber of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's naval assault regiment used the SVP-24 Hephaestus sight and carried out the bombing of OFAB-250 at the rate of the British destroyer. As a result, the warship, which initially began approaching the shores of the Crimea, changed course and made an exit from Russian waters.
An interesting point: the British media asked for additional comment on the incident from government representatives, and volunteered to comment (as modern youth say - "suddenly" ...) Minister of Environment, Food and Agriculture George Eustice (George Eustice). The head of the British Ministry of Agriculture on Times Radio:
It is strange in itself that the incident with the British warship is being commented on by an official from the Department of Environment and Agriculture. Or in Britain, for some time now, destroyers are equated with agricultural equipment? ..
Meanwhile, the British are calling on their country's military to provide unequivocal evidence that statements about the bombing of the Su-24M and warning firing from the Russian Coast Guard ship "have nothing to do with the passage of the destroyer and were caused by training in Russia."
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