Russia Fires Warning Shots at British Warship in Black Sea

[Whorty]

I get around 17-18 mpg in town, around 30 on motorway.

I get more than that in my Focus RS ... and my car's faster 0-60

[Fraidycat]

HMS Sheffield falklands war:

[Paddy]

International community recognises those waters as sovereign Ukraine's waters and British warship was there at the invitation and permission of the Ukranian Govt.

HTH

Not quite, the British navel ship sailed close Sevastopol which is the home of the Russian Submarine Fleet. The navel base was leased from Ukraine since Ukraine independence. Even if Crimea was still under Ukraine control, that area would be an exclusion zone to all except Russia.

[minestrone]

I very much doubt the plane dropped any 'bombs'. It was probably the exhaust.

[AtW]

Not quite, the British navel ship sailed close Sevastopol which is the home of the Russian Submarine Fleet. The navel base was leased from Ukraine since Ukraine independence. Even if Crimea was still under Ukraine control, that area would be an exclusion zone to all except Russia

False also and has nothing to do with the Turkish treaty that governs how many non-Black Sea military ships can be there, at the time of signing there were no submarines so no such provisions in that treaty. In any case after Russian aggression Ukraine denounced lease agreement - it’s null and void.

[DonaldJTrump]

It's really a Trade Mission disguised as posturing

https://www.rt.com/russia/527280-dea...y-naval-bases/

[LondonManc]

[Mordac]

Under the Montreux Convention, British warships should not be in the Black Sea.

That only applies to large battleships and aircraft carriers (unless that has been changed) and any NATO warship below that size can be there with the permission of Turkey (which is a necessity as they have to travel via Turkish waters).

[AtW]

That only applies to large battleships and aircraft carriers (unless that has been changed) and any NATO warship below that size can be there with the permission of Turkey (which is a necessity as they have to travel via Turkish waters).

Paddy knows he was wrong about the Montreux Convention, which is why he deflected to "submarine base" as if it mattered and as if it was nuclear strategic base instead of puny diesel subs base that are unnecessary in rather shallow Black Sea...

[ladymuck]

I now want to see the Battleship movies