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Nov 3 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said connected Thursday that it had delivered a protestation to the British ambassador aft summoning her implicit its allegation that British specialists had been progressive successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Russia's Black Sea Fleet successful Crimea.
"The demarche stressed that specified confrontational actions by the British threatened to escalate the concern and could pb to unpredictable and unsafe consequences," the ministry said successful a statement.
Ambassador Deborah Bronnert arrived astatine the overseas ministry soon aft 10:30 a.m. arsenic a tiny assemblage chanted anti-British slogans and held placards speechmaking "Britain is simply a violent state". She near aft astir 30 minutes.
There was nary contiguous remark from Britain.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had said the ambassador was to beryllium summoned implicit Saturday's drone onslaught connected Crimea, which Russia unilaterally annexed from Ukraine successful 2014.
The connection noted that Britain had been grooming Ukrainian work unit for immoderate time. It said this had included the grooming of divers successful "deep-sea sabotage skills".
[1/4] British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert arrives astatine the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters, arsenic activists clasp a protestation against what Russia's officials said to beryllium the engagement of British specialists successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected its Black Sea Fleet successful Crimea, successful Moscow, Russia November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
"There is accusation that the British Navy besides transferred a definite fig of uncrewed underwater vehicles to the Ukrainian side," it added.
Britain denies carrying retired the attack, but makes nary concealed of the information that it has been helping to bid Ukrainian equipped forces and arming them.
After the drone attack, Russia temporarily suspended information successful a U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain deal.
Russia casts Britain arsenic a peculiarly perfidious Western power, which President Vladimir Putin says is plotting to destruct Russia and carve up its immense earthy resources.
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Britain, on with the United States and the European Union, imposed immoderate of the astir terrible sanctions successful past and supplied weapons to assistance Ukraine.
Russia's defence ministry has besides said that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream state pipelines successful September, a assertion that London said was mendacious and designed to distract from Russian subject failures successful Ukraine.
Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Kevin Liffey; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge
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