Sailors on Russian frigate reportedly fired warning fire against a yacht that approached the warship in the Channel, according to Reuters.
A representative of the British defence ministry told Sky News: "We are investigating reports of an incident in the English Channel".
The incident, which occurred Tuesday morning, appears to have been about the Russian frigate ‘Admiral Grigorovich’ water between White Island and Normandy.
The news comes a few days after a British authorities operation in the English Channel, in which commandos They made resaltos on a tanker associated with the so-called ‘shadow fleet“ of Russia and is under sanctions. According to London, it was the first time such an operation was carried out in order to stop oil revenue that, on the British side, contribute to financing Russia's war in Ukraine.
In a separate announcement released on Monday, the Royal Navy reported that two British warships were watching the Russian frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" as it sailed the Channel, west of the French city of Brest.