TASS/. The HMS Defender incident near the Crimean coast was a provocation, which was possibly aimed to worsen the relations between Russia and the West, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin ...

SIMFEROPOL, June 23. /TASS/. Russia's use of weapons in an incident involving the British destroyer HMS Defender off Cape Fiolent, Crimea, was entirely justified from the standpoint of ...

called Exercise Steadfast Defender. The aircraft carrier, headed by Swedish and Finnish jets in formation, was taking part in Exercise Nordic Responder 24 and was joined by HMS Portland ...