Defence Minister Poltorak and Defence Secretary @GavinWilliamson receiving a briefing on board HMS Echo while in Odesa. 🇬🇧🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/uOufGPWbNX— Judith Gough (@JudithGoughFCO) December 21, 2018
Zero Hedge: Ukrainian Official Urges UK Navy To Cross Kerch Strait "To See How Russia Reacts"
Despite relative calm ensuing in the area of the dangerous Nov. 25 Kerch Strait incident, Ukrainian officials have continued making media statements suggesting escalation could still yet be on the horizon. On Friday a deputy minister in Kiev urged the British Navy to send a warship to the Sea of Azov to test Russia’s response. The appeal came at a moment when the UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson met with Ukrainian officials to reiterate that "The UK is a steadfast partner to Ukraine as it faces illegal acts of aggression on its sovereign territory," according to a statement, and as an unarmed UK surveillance ship, the HMS Echo, is deployed to the Black Sea.
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WNU Editor: The British warship HMS Echo is currently in the Black Sea. Making it do the "dirty work" of the Ukraine government to see "how Russia will react" is not how you defuse tensions in this part of the world.
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