i think this is an absolutely typical french way of making a protest. if they wanted to grab the attention of the french government, they block the champs elysees. they want really to grab the attention of the british government and the jersey authorities, so they are blocking st helier port. you say fierce things, big gestures, but in the end it is a cry for attention, and it sounds to me, at the heart of this, is a failure of communication. the french boats are now steaming back to their home ports, content that their show of strength has made a point. but their objections to a jersey and the uk claim is a fair way to protect island fishing grounds are very much alive, and if agreement cannot be found, they have warned that more protests are very much on the cards. the latest in terms of the fishermen who had gone out to make their point. our correspondentjean mackenzie
are still very much alive, and if agreement cannot be found, they have warned that more protests are very much on the cards. let s speak to our correspondent in st helier, freddie miller. conflicting lines from how the talks have gone. it the talks have gone. doesn t bring confidence. inde it doesn t bring confidence. indeed. i think this was it doesn t bring confidence. indeed. i think this was always it doesn t bring confidence. indeed. i think this was always going - it doesn t bring confidence. indeed. i think this was always going to - it doesn t bring confidence. indeed. i think this was always going to be i i think this was always going to be a very interesting situation because we had a position wherebyjersey politicians went out and spoke face to face with french fishermen and this is something that hasn t really happened before. throughout this escalation of tensions over the past few weeks, we ve heard a lot about howjersey has to speak to london. london then speak to pa
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this is the extraordinary moment the russian coast guard rammed the ukrainian tug boat in the area back in 2018. russian ships also fired on ukrainian naval vessels seizing through and escalating tensions in the seas off crimea annexed from ukraine in 2014. american ships have been challenged, too. this, a low pass by a russian war plane witnessed from the deck of a u.s. destroyer earlier this year. now tensions on the seas are ratcheting up once more. this heightened alert on dry land, too. the ukrainian port, we saw these marines on force protection drills. naval officials say new russian deployments at sea are forcing them to step up security and plan for a russian attack.
russian voice commanded. received, the ukrainian sailor responds. we re proceeding according to plan. all right. so we ve heard the captain say there s a russia ship on the horizon. you can just see it over there. it s a russian coast guard ship. we re about two nautical miles away which is just over two regular miles, and we can t go any closer because if we do, there could be some interception by the russians to us, and i think the ukrainian coast guard want to avoid that. it wouldn t be the first naval clash in the region. this is the extraordinary moment the russian coast guard rammed the ukrainian tugboat in the area back in 2018. russian ships also fired on ukrainian naval vessels seizing