Three Russian military aircraft flew over HMCS Toronto, checking out the Canadian frigate as it was in the Black Sea.
“While the Russian military aircraft that circled the HMCS Toronto did not in any way pose a threat to the Canadian ship, their actions were unnecessarily provocative and risk escalating tensions even further,” Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said in a statement.
Russia considers the presence of NATO warships in the Black Sea as unnecessarily provocative.
Two aircraft were fighters, the other reportedly a surveillance plane.
The ship is part of the Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea involving the U.S. and Ukraine navies. …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
