in an internationally recognised shipping lane, within the 12 mile limit of crimea s territorial waters. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is the only broadcaster onboard hms defender. he sent this report. hands to action stations. this is not a drill. come in, take your seat straightaway. we want composure in this ops room. a british warship in the black sea about to make a point to russia. so we re straight into the thick of it, we re going to action stations now, just to bring us up to a higher state of readiness. hms defender has just left the port of odessa, and as you can see just over there, we re already being shadowed by a russian warship. i have two suspect aircraft coming in. they re soon tracking russian military aircraft who are also tracking them. it is a slightly more
seat straightaway. we want composure in this ops room. a british warship in the black sea about to make a point to russia. so we re straight into the thick of it, we re going to action stations now, just to bring us up to a higher state of readiness. hms defender has just left the port of odessa, and as you can see just over there, we re already being shadowed by a russian warship. i have two suspect aircraft coming in. they re soon tracking russian military aircraft who are also tracking them. it is a slightly more increased threat, i d say, just because we re operating outside of our normal areas. and you re being watched by the russians. they can see us. we can see them. as we get close to crimea, the tension rises. hms defender is going to sail within what russia now claims is its territorial waters, but following a legally recognised shipping lane. would you say there s a flashpoint potentially here, in terms of how the russians will behave?
a court official, or they go back into court every few years to make sure the judge has the opportunity to ask the right questions and make sure the message is being delivered to the right person. message is being delivered to the right person. that was our leual the right person. that was our legal analyst. russia fires warning shots at a british warship in the black sea. the uk s ministry of defence as the russians were carrying out exercises when they fired. the mod says the royal navy destroyer was sailing in an internationally recognised shipping lane within the 12 mile limit of crimea s territorial waters. 0ur correspondence was the only broadcast on board hms defender. hands to action stations. this is not a drill. come in, take your
and they have taken an interest in this. they have warned the ship not to go into crimea territorial waters, claiming they are russian waters, claiming they are russian waters, and of course russia annexed crimea but the warship went through that transit point, the international recognised trade route and is now on its way to georgia. there has been a lot of warnings from the russian military, both vessels and other aircraft buzzing the royal navy warship as it transits through the black sea. throughout the transit, the crew on board hms defender have been on high alert. 0n action stations. at one stage they did put on white flash to protect their faces just in case there was going to be an exchange of fire but they did not happen. that did not happen. we did hear
from where he sent this report. action stations. this is not a drill. take a seat straightaway! a british warship in the black sea. about to make a point to russia. we are straight into it, go into action stations now, just get to a high state of residence. hms defender has just left the port of 0dessa. as you can see, just over there, we are already being shadow by a russian warship. they are soon checking russian military aircraft. and they are also tracking them. it is a slightly more increased threat because we are operating outside of our normal areas. you are being watched by the russians? they can see us, we can see them. as we get close to crimea, the tension rises. hms defender is going to sail