It is the latest sign of rising tensions between the UK and Vladimir Putin’s country.
Sailors on a Russian warship fired a warning shot at a yacht that came near it in the English Channel, the Press Association understands.
The incident, at around 11.40am on Tuesday, is understood to have involved the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the sea between the Isle of White and Normandy.
It is the latest sign of rising tensions between the UK and Vladimir Putin’s country.
In an operation on Sunday, Royal Marine commandos and officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) boarded the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker Smyrtos in the channel.
