A British Navy warship breached Russian territorial waters off the Crimean coast on Wednesday, prompting a Russian patrol ship to fire warning shots and a Sukhoi 24 M bomber to drop bombs in front of the HMS Defender.

Russia has accused the United States and Britain of seeking to incite conflict in the Black Sea, following the UK military’s “provocative” actions off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the strategic waters.

Moscow warns the UK not to provoke Russia any further in the Black Sea.

There are conflicting accounts of an unfriendly engagement between the British and Russian navies inside Russian territorial waters off the Crimean coast.