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Russia fires warning shots to deter UK warship in Black Sea

by Vladimir Isachenkov
| June 23, 2021 5:03 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian warship fired warning shots and a Russian warplane dropped bombs Wednesday to force a British destroyer away from an area in the Black Sea near Crimea that Russia claims as its territorial waters.

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