2021 Black Sea incident
| 2021 Black Sea incident | |||||
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HMS Defender at sea in October 2020 | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov | Vice-Admiral René Tas, Commander | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 2 patrol boats | HMS Defender (D36) | ||||
The 2021 Black Sea incident was a diplomatic incident between Russia and the United Kingdom involving the British destroyer HMS Defender while it transited from Odesa, Ukraine, to Batumi, Georgia. The Minister of Defence of Russia states that a patrol boat fired warning shots, while a Su-24 aircraft dropped bombs in the vicinity of the British vessel. The Defender reached Batumi three days later.