BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale, on board the HMS Defender, says he heard shots fired but believed they were 'out of range.'
— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) June 23, 2021
Russian jets can be heard in the background buzzing the British warship as Jonathan Beale gives his report from the HMS Defender's deck. pic.twitter.com/TJ0YTQGNaE
WNU Editor: The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video on a Russian Coast Guard vessel following the HMS Defender and Russian jets buzzing the U.K. warship (see video below).
Update: I am not the only one who is speculating that this was a planned U.S. - U.K. confrontation against Russia to gather intelligence on Russian military responses (see below).
The added spice is that there was a US intelligence gathering aircraft in the area, possibly to gauge the nature of the Russian response to the UK's violation of the Russian territorial waters.@TheBrit96 @JamesBosbotinis @CovertShores @shashj @CovertShores @steffanwatkins pic.twitter.com/ZwMUhRghRD
— krakek (@krakek1) June 23, 2021
