NBC/Reuters: Russia accuses U.S., U.K of 'trying to provoke conflict' after Black Sea warship incident
"Washington and London are denying reality... they are trying to provoke conflict," said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
MOSCOW — Russia accused Britain and the United States on Friday of trying to incite conflict in the Black Sea and said it would defend its borders using all possible means, including military force.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was speaking a day after Moscow warned Britain it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if what it called provocative actions by the British navy were repeated off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea.
Russian news agency RIA quoted Ryabkov as saying Washington and London were sowing strife in the region by failing to accept Crimea as a part of Russia.
Russia considers the peninsula part of its territory. It annexed Crimea in 2014, but it is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.
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Update: Russian Diplomat Slams UK, US for Trying to Foment Tensions Around Black Sea Incident (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: British PM is defending his country's actions by claiming that Crimea does not belong to Russia .... Boris Johnson defends war ship against Russian claims (SKY News). Someone should remind the British PM that the last time British forces confronted Russian forces in this area, British forces were slaughtered by the Russian army, resulting in the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade".
