JAKARTA - President Vladimir Putin issued a stern warning on Sunday, July 25, weeks after a British warship crossed the Crimean Peninsula. He stated that the Russian Navy is capable of detecting any adversaries and launching "irreversible strikes" if necessary.
"We are able to detect every enemy in the water, over the water, in the air and, if necessary, carry out an irresistible attack against them," Vladimir Putin said at a naval day parade in St. Petersburg.
Putin's remarks follow an incident in the Black Sea in June when Russia said it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the trajectory of a British warship to drive it out of Crimean waters.
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Britain rejected Russia's statement about the incident, saying it believed the Russian fire was a previously announced "rehearsal shooting". Britain also said that no bombs were dropped.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Britain and most countries in the world recognize the peninsula on the Black Sea as part of Ukraine, not Russia.
Putin said in June that Russia could sink the British warship HMS Defender, which entered its territorial waters illegally, without triggering a Third World War. Putin also said the United States played a role in the "provocation".
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