Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots At Cargo Vessel Seeking Ukraine Port Entry

The Russian patrol ship has been identified as Vasily Bykov. It fired after the Palau-flagged civilian cargo ship allegedly did not respond to the request that it stop for "the inspection for the transportation of prohibited goods."

"To force the ship to stop, warning shots from automatic small arms were fired from the Russian warship," the Defense Ministry said, and described that Russian troops on a helicopter then boarded and inspected the vessel.

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