On August 24, Russian troops tried to launch a missile attack on a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea.
This was announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, writes Reuters.
— Thanks to declassified intelligence, we know that on August 24, the Russian military launched a multi-missile attack on a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea, — said the head of the British government during a speech in parliament.
At the same time, the British Foreign Office clarified that two Caliber cruise missiles were flying towards the ship under the flag of Liberia, which the Russians launched from a missile carrier of the Black Sea Fleet .
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They were successfully shot down by Ukrainian air defense systems.
— Putin is trying to win a war he can't win, and these attacks show how desperate he is. By targeting cargo ships and Ukrainian infrastructure, Russia is causing damage to the rest of the world, — said British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley.
Earlier, Rishi Sunak said that British intelligence would monitor Russian actions in the Black Sea so that the occupiers could not attack civilian ships.
