Wednesday June 30th 2021
“Sham attacks” flown
Russia is said to have harassed the Dutch frigate
Russian planes are said to have harassed a frigate in the Netherlands for hours. According to Moscow, everything went according to international rules. But it is possible that the ship’s electronics were also influenced. Just a few days ago there was an incident with a British ship nearby.
According to information from The Hague, there was an incident between Russian fighter planes and a Dutch warship in the Black Sea. The Dutch Defense Ministry announced that the planes “repeatedly harassed” the frigate “HNMLS Evertsen” over a period of five hours over a period of five hours last Thursday. Moscow contradicted: the planes had operated “at a safe distance” and “in accordance with international rules”.
The Russian planes were armed with bombs and air-to-surface missiles, the ministry said in The Hague. There were also “malfunctions in the electronic equipment of the ‘Evertsen'”. Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten called the behavior of the Russian armed forces “irresponsible”. The Netherlands would “speak to Russia about it”.
The “Evertsen” was part of a fleet in the area to which the “HMS Defender” also belongs. According to Moscow, warning shots had been fired at the British ship the day before. London rejected this representation.
Ukraine and the United States, along with more than 30 other countries, started a two-week military exercise in the Black Sea on Monday. The “Sea Breeze” maneuver has taken place 21 times since 1997. In the Ukraine-Russia conflict, it is seen as the backing of the West for the government in Kiev and is regularly criticized by Moscow.
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