At a meeting in the House, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab refused to consider the incident with the British destroyer Defender as an invasion of Russian territorial waters.
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Ukraine's waters because the international community does not recognize the legality of the results of the 2014 referendum on the peninsula's entry into Russia.
“Destroyer Defender has embarked on an internationally recognized path of movement. The United Kingdom has every right to move freely through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law, “said Raab, quoted by RIA Novosti.
The Secretary of State has emphasized that the British naval forces do not intend to review them and plan to continue along this “shortest and most direct route”.