{"id":352089,"date":"2026-06-17T03:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352089"},"modified":"2026-06-17T03:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:35:29","slug":"u-k-military-investigates-reports-russian-warship-shot-at-british-yacht-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/u-k-military-investigates-reports-russian-warship-shot-at-british-yacht-national\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. military investigates reports Russian warship shot at British yacht &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The British military is investigating reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a U.K.-registered yacht within the English Channel on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Ministry said it was investigating an \u201cincident\u201d after the yacht said it was fired on by a Russian navy vessel about 500 yards (460 meters) away. It happened about 20 miles (about 30 kilometers) south of the Isle of Wight, outside U.K. territorial waters.<\/p>\n<p>There have been no reports of injuries or damage to the yacht.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian government didn&#8217;t immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>British media reported that the Russian vessel is the frigate Admiral Grigorovich. Russian warships passing through the English Channel are routinely shadowed by the Royal Navy, and patrol vessel HMS Mersey was monitoring the Russian ship on the time of the reported incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The incident occurred two days after British commandos boarded and detained\u00a0a sanctioned tanker\u00a0within the Channel that&#8217;s suspected of being a part of the\u00a0Russian \u201cshadow fleet.\u201d\u00a0Officials are usually not linking the 2 events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The tanker\u2019s captain, an Indian national charged with shipping Russian oil in violation of international sanctions over\u00a0Moscow\u2019s war on Ukraine, was ordered held in jail after appearing Tuesday in court.<\/p>\n<p>The British military has had several close encounters with Russian vessels within the region and warned Moscow in November that it was able to cope with any incursion into its territory after\u00a0the spy ship\u00a0Yantar was detected on the sting of U.K. waters north of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>In April,\u00a0Britain and Norway\u00a0said that they had tracked a Russian attack sub and two spy submarines operating north of the U.K. for several weeks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Royal Navy frigate, aircraft and a whole bunch of personnel spent weeks following the Russian vessels and prevented them from carrying out \u201cnefarious\u201d activities against underwater infrastructure, then-Defense Secretary John Healey said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused Moscow of using the distraction of the Iran war to\u00a0ramp up malign activity\u00a0against Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Five years ago, Russia said considered one of its warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs within the Black Sea to force the British destroyer HMS Defender out of an area near Crimea that Moscow claimed as its territorial waters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U.K. denied that account and insisted its ship wasn\u2019t fired upon. It was the primary time for the reason that Cold War that Moscow acknowledged using live ammunition to discourage a NATO warship, reflecting the growing risk of military incidents amid soaring tensions between Russia and the West. The incident occurred about six months before Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British military is investigating reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a U.K.-registered yacht within the English Channel on Tuesday. The Defense Ministry said it was investigating an \u201cincident\u201d after the yacht said it was fired on by a Russian navy vessel about 500 yards (460 meters) away. 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