Moscow Warns The Royal Navy To ‘Leave “Russian” Waters In The Black Sea Or Brit Sailors Will Get Hurt’

Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov (pictured) has vowed to bomb a British warship the next time it sails too close to Crimea after warning shots were fired at HMS Defender on Wednesday  

Newsweek: Russia Warns U.K. and NATO Next Black Sea Spat Will Be Met With 'Most Severe' Response  

A top Russian official has issued a warning to the U.K. and its NATO allies, saying any repeat of an action like that undertaken by the British Navy warship that sailed close to Crimea last month would be met with a "most severe" response. 

The comments by Mikhail Popov, deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council, show the anger still felt by Moscow after the Black Sea spat prompted by HMS Defender for sailing past the peninsula Russia annexed. 

Russia had also blamed the U.S. for being involved in the incident, which took place amid a backdrop of NATO Sea Breeze 2021 exercises in the region that Moscow considers its backyard. 

In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the newspaper that most closely reflects Kremlin thinking, Popov said that the navies of NATO states were being used as a means pressuring Russia.  

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WNU Editor: If this happens again, my prediction is that a large Russian warship would ram the UK warship (or any other NATO warship). This happened a few times during the Cold War, and it worked. 

More News On Moscow Warning The Royal Navy To ‘Leave “Russian” Waters  

Putin's forces warn Royal Navy: Bring your ships near Crimea again and your sailors will get hurt -- Daily Mail  

Tensions erupt as Putin lashes at out UK and orders British sailors: 'Leave our waters!' -- Daily Express 

NAVAL THREAT Vladimir Putin warns Royal Navy to ‘leave “Russian” waters or Brit sailors will get hurt’ as Crimea tensions mount -- The SUN  

Stay away from waters near Crimea or British sailors risk facing the full might of Russia’s Armed Forces, Moscow warns London -- RT