British Ambassador to Russia, Deborah Bronnert was summoned to the Russian Overseas Ministry on November 3 to lodge a protest over the UK’s involvement in a “terrorist assault” towards the Black Sea Fleet within the Crimean port of Sevastopol. “A powerful protest in reference to the British army specialists’ lively participation in coaching and offering provides to the models of the Ukrainian particular operations forces, together with with the aim of conducting acts of sabotage at sea, had been expressed to the Ambassador. Concrete details of that sort of actions by London had been offered,” learn the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of Russia.
The demarche emphasised that such confrontational actions by the British pose the specter of an escalation and might result in unpredictable and harmful penalties. “Such confrontational actions by the British pose the specter of an escalation and might result in unpredictable and harmful penalties,” tweeted the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of Russia.
It was identified that such hostile provocations had been unacceptable and a requirement was put ahead to cease them instantly. In the meantime, Russia warned that ought to these acts of aggression which can be fraught with direct implications within the battle proceed, the duty for dangerous penalties and the mounting tensions in relations between the 2 nations will lie completely with the British facet.
“It was famous, specifically, that an settlement was reached in September 2020 between London and Kyiv to broaden the British instructors’ coaching programme for Ukrainian army divers. In late 2020, the events started implementing the Naval Coaching Initiative for the Ukrainian Navy, which included coaching programs for fight swimmers,” added the discharge. British-Ukrainian naval cooperation is additional strengthened below the Joint Multinational Coaching Group – Ukraine programme. This work is carried out at a separate Ataman Golovaty Spec Ops Centre “South” of the Ukrainian Particular Operations Forces (Navy Unit A3199, former 73rd Marine Particular Operations Centre) within the metropolis of Ochakov, Nikolayev area, and consists of the coaching of underwater spec ops operatives for conducting operations within the Black Sea and Azov Sea.
“A army diving college in Odessa (which is a part of the Ukrainian Navy’s 198th coaching centre, Navy Unit A3163, Nikolayev), is coaching particular operations divers, together with in deep-sea subversive expertise, amongst others,” added the discharge. With the participation of British specialists, the Ukrainian Navy carried out dives and a coaching detonation of a goal on the coast and within the Black Sea close to the cities of Odessa, Nikolayev and Ochakov, alleged Russian MoFA.
In August-September, on Pervomaisky Island within the Dnieper estuary 3 km south of Ochakov, British army instructors (about 15 males) taught servicemen from the Armed Forces of Ukraine to function unmanned underwater automobiles designed to destroy ships. “In August-September, the British skilled the crews of minesweepers that had been transferred to Ukraine. We’ve got info that the British Navy has additionally transferred a sure variety of UAVs to Ukraine,” added the discharge.
Russia on Saturday accused UK of “involvement” within the naval drone assault Black and Baltic seas and stated that it intends to attract the worldwide group’s consideration in direction of Sevastopol incident. “The Russian Aspect intends to attract the worldwide group’s consideration, together with on the United Nations Safety Council, to a collection of terrorist assaults dedicated towards the Russian Federation within the Black and Baltic seas, highlighting the UK’s involvement,” stated the Russian Ministry of Overseas Affairs Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“On Saturday at 4.20 am, Kyiv carried out a terrorist assault towards the ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian ships that had been on the outer and internal roadsteads of the Sevastopol base. The assault concerned 9 unmanned aerial automobiles and 7 autonomous maritime drones,” stated the Russian Ministry of Defence. (ANI)
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