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Boat 23, this is Boat 444, says a stern Russian voice across the airwaves. We are reminding you to keep a safe distance, the operator warns.
Up ahead, a Russian coastal protection ship looms on the horizon, a floating steel gatekeeper to the growing naval force assembling in the seas beyond.
The message is clear: go no further. If we don t turn around, there will be trouble, says Commander Nikolay Levitskiy, of the Ukrainian Marine Guard.
The Russian defence ministry makes no secret of what that trouble could involve. In its muscle-flexing show of naval strength in one of the world s smallest seas, it has released dramatic images of ships launching barrages of missiles screeching across the waves.
On board a small Ukrainian patrol boat challenging Russian naval might
Painted a camouflage patchwork of gray and green, Ukrainian coastguard Boat 23 cuts through the rolling swell of the turbulent Sea of Azov.
At the stern, a gunner tightly grips the handles of a single heavy machine gun bolted to the rear, carefully scanning the horizon for any threat.
An hour into the coastal patrol, in rough seas about 5 nautical miles off the Ukrainian coast, a crackled radio message cuts through the dull drone of the diesel engines and the lightly armed vessel abruptly comes about.
“Boat 23, this is Boat 444,” says a stern Russian voice across the airwaves.