Audio Report From BBC Correspondent Jonathan Beale On Board The HMS Defender Near Crimea Saying He Heard Shots Being Fired

BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale, on board the HMS Defender, says he heard shots fired but believed they were 'out of range.'

Russian jets can be heard in the background buzzing the British warship as Jonathan Beale gives his report from the HMS Defender's deck. pic.twitter.com/TJ0YTQGNaE

— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) June 23, 2021

WNU Editor: The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video on a Russian Coast Guard vessel following the HMS Defender and Russian jets buzzing the U.K. warship (see video below). 

 

Update: I am not the only one who is speculating that this was a planned U.S. - U.K. confrontation against Russia to gather intelligence on Russian military responses (see below).

The added spice is that there was a US intelligence gathering aircraft in the area, possibly to gauge the nature of the Russian response to the UK's violation of the Russian territorial waters.@TheBrit96 @JamesBosbotinis @CovertShores @shashj @CovertShores @steffanwatkins pic.twitter.com/ZwMUhRghRD

— krakek (@krakek1) June 23, 2021