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Russian warship incident in Channel deeply concerning, says Starmer
UK NewsPolitics•June 17, 2026 at 9:11 AMNational

Russian warship incident in Channel deeply concerning, says Starmer

By Alexandra Topping in Évian-les-Bains and Dan Sabbagh•The Guardian - UK News

PM says firing of warning shots at yacht was reckless and UK is dealing with proxy attacks from Russia ‘every day’UK politics live – latest updatesWarning shots fired by a Russian warship sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning were “deeply concerning and reckless”, Keir Starmer said from the G7 summit on Wednesday as he warned that the UK was dealing with proxy attacks from Russia “every single day”.The prime minister said the Ministry of Defence had assessed that the Russian vessel was drifting and fired the shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht. Continue reading...

PM says firing of warning shots at yacht was reckless and UK is dealing with proxy attacks from Russia ‘every day’

Warning shots fired by a Russian warship sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning were “deeply concerning and reckless”, Keir Starmer said from the G7 summit on Wednesday as he warned that the UK was dealing with proxy attacks from Russia “every single day”.

The prime minister said the Ministry of Defence had assessed that the Russian vessel was drifting and fired the shots within a few hundred metres of a British pleasure yacht.

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