Sailors on a Russian frigate fired warning shots at a yacht in the Channel, PA Media reports

LONDON - Sailors on board a Russian frigate fired warning shots at a civilian yacht in the Channel that came near it, Britain's PA Media reported on Tuesday.

Britain's Ministry of Defence did not immediately have a comment.

On Sunday, British commandos boarded and intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel, leading for the first time an operation to disrupt the oil revenue ​that helps fund Russia's war in Ukraine.

In a separate release published on Monday the Navy said two British vessels had shadowed the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the Channel, west of Brest in France.

(Reporting by William James; Editing by Muvija M and Michael Holden)

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This story was originally published June 16, 2026 at 8:20 AM.