The incident comes two days after armed British forces boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the Channel that is suspected of being part of Russia’s shadow fleet.
The British Ministry of Defence (MOD) is investigating a report that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a yacht in the English Channel.
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The MOD said “we are investigating reports of an incident in the Channel" on Tuesday.
It comes after a UK-registered yacht said it was fired on by a Russian navy vessel about 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of the Isle of Wight, outside UK territorial waters.
There are no reports of injuries or damage to the yacht.
The Royal Navy ship HMS Mersey was monitoring the Russian vessel at the time.
The incident comes two days after armed British forces boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the Channel that is suspected of being part of Russia’s shadow fleet.
The ship’s captain, an Indian national, charged with shipping Russian oil in violation of international sanctions over Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, was ordered held in jail after appearing Tuesday in court.
Officials are reportedly not linking the two events.
This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.