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Russian warship fires 'warning shots' at UK yacht in Channel

Russian warship fires 'warning shots' at UK yacht in Channel
France 24 Tuesday 16 June 2026, 20:16 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Russian warship fires 'warning shots' at UK yacht in Channel Europe Issued on: Modified: Share Russia said one of its warships fired warning shots Tuesday at a yacht making a "dangerous approach" in the Channel, as the UK said it was investigating the incident. It involved the frigate Admiral Grigorovich and a UK-registered yacht around 20 nautical miles south of the Isle of Wight just outside British waters. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot reports from London.
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