{"id":1102,"date":"2026-06-16T19:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:11:35","slug":"u-k-military-investigates-after-russian-warship-fires-warning-shots-at-yacht-in-the-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"U.K. military investigates after Russian warship fires warning shots at yacht in the Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 A Russian warship fired warning shots at a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, an incident that caused no damage but illustrated heightened tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1100\">James Beard, 50 Best, Michelin, and so on. What do all these restaurant awards mean?<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Defense Ministry said it was investigating an \u201cincident\u201d after the yacht reported being fired on by a Russian navy vessel about 23 miles south of the Isle of Wight, outside U.K. territorial waters.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>There were no reports of injuries or damage to the sailing yacht, which continued its journey from the U.K. toward France.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The BBC reported that the yacht, which has no motor, had drifted toward the Russian vessel in foggy conditions.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich tried to contact the yacht when it was seen sailing on a \u201cdangerous course in close proximity with the warship.\u201d It said the ship\u2019s crew launched flares and issued sound signals when the yacht did not respond.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAfter the distance had closed to 150 meters (500 feet), the frigate\u2019s commander decided to fire warning shots across the vessel\u2019s bow using small arms,\u201d the ministry said. It said the yacht then changed course and sailed away.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The ministry said the ship\u2019s crew \u201cacted in strict accordance\u201d with international navigation rules to avoid a collision.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Russian warships passing through the English Channel are routinely shadowed by the Royal Navy, and patrol vessel HMS Mersey was monitoring the Russian ship at the time of the reported incident. The ministry said it was investigating Tuesday\u2019s incident.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The British military said last month that it had monitored the Admiral Grigorovich throughout April as the Russian ship escorted six Russia-linked civilian vessels near the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1098\">The World Cup\u2019s hottest accessory is this free bracelet, prompting hourslong lines<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The altercation occurred two days after British commandos boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the Channel that is suspected of being part of the Russian \u201cshadow fleet.\u201d Officials are not linking the two events.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The tanker\u2019s captain, an Indian national charged with shipping Russian oil in violation of international sanctions over Moscow\u2019s war on Ukraine, was ordered held in jail after appearing Tuesday in court.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The British military has had several close encounters with Russian vessels in the region and warned Moscow in November that it was ready to deal with any incursion into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In April, Britain and Norway said they had tracked a Russian attack sub and two spy submarines operating north of the U.K. for several weeks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A Royal Navy frigate, aircraft, and hundreds of personnel spent weeks following the Russian vessels and prevented them from carrying out \u201cnefarious\u201d activities against underwater infrastructure, then-Defense Secretary John Healey said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He accused Moscow of using the distraction of the Iran war to ramp up malign activity against Europe.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Five years ago, Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs in the Black Sea to force the British destroyer HMS Defender out of an area near Crimea that Moscow claimed as its territorial waters.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.K. denied that account and insisted its ship wasn\u2019t fired upon. It was the first time since the Cold War that Moscow acknowledged using live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting the growing risk of military incidents amid soaring tensions between Russia and the West. The incident occurred about six months before Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1096\">QVC\u2019s on-air hosts aim to unionize as bankruptcy case continues<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry said the shots were fired at the sailing yacht to avoid a collision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation-world","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.K. military investigates after Russian warship fires warning shots at yacht in the Channel - Corporate Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1102\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.K. military investigates after Russian warship fires warning shots at yacht in the Channel - 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