These are the first pictures showing the moment a Russian warship opens fire off the coast of Plymouth.
Just one day after Andy Burnham became Prime Minister, the Russian frigate Neustrashimy conducted a live-fire exercise 40 miles south of the city on July 20.
Royal Navy ships were mobilised to monitor the vessel in the English Channel after it has ‘repeatedly transited’ UK waters to escort Moscow‘s shadow fleet oil tankers.
Now, images released by the Royal Navy show the moment Neustrashimy opens fire off the coast in what was thought to have been a ‘warning’ to Mr Burnham just 24 hours after he became PM.
Neustrashimy
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