I think this is being made out to be a bigger deal than it is. Any military vessel of any nation would warn off vessels that approach too closely and don't respond.
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One expert said it was an incident waiting to happen given the loitering of the Grigorovich off the British coast. John Foreman, a former Royal Navy captain and defence attache to Moscow, said: “This may not be not Vladimir Putin’s response to the Channel seizure, but yachters should know not to sail near a Russian warship.
“Russian captains, Russian warships are always twitchy about boats coming towards them. They have a mental exclusion zone of about 500 metres. It is not unheard of for a Russian captain to fire after issuing a warning.”
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