“HMS Defender was conducting innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law,” Britain’s Defence Ministry said. Asked if the events could have triggered a global war, Putin responded that the West wouldn't risk a full-scale conflict. Sergei Savostyanov/AP “It was clearly a provocation, a complex one involving not only the British but also the Americans,” Putin said of the incident with the British warship. Putin got his first shot in late March out of the public eye and has remained tight-lipped about which vaccine he chose. ... You must take it down,’ and they simply don’t listen, don’t want to listen to what we tell them,” Putin said.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2021 21:56 UTC