![]() UK-Russia ties have been frayed since the radioactive poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, and the attempted murder by chemical weapon of ex-Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018.īritain has also accused Russia-backed hackers of attempting to steal life-saving COVID-19 vaccine research from labs, and has repeatedly called out the Kremlin for alleged abuses of human rights and civil liberties. The claims come at a time of strained diplomatic relations between London and Moscow, as well as tensions between Russia and the wider NATO western military alliance. "Russian vessels shadowed her passage and she was made aware of training exercises in her wider vicinity," Wallace said. "As is normal for this route, she entered an internationally recognized traffic separation corridor," he said, adding that naval ship "exited that corridor safely". ![]() British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement that HMS Defender had been carrying out a "routine transit from Odessa towards Georgia across the Black Sea". ![]()
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