“What Russia is trying to do by having these warships in the channel is to seek to deter the UK and others from countering those shadow fleet tankers going through.”
By firing warning shots at a British yacht just south of the Isle of Wight, Russian forces could be attempting to bully international shipping vessels following the seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker, says former UK ambassador to Russia, Sir Laurie Bristow.
Sir Laurie Bristow was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm.
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