By David Pugliese
Defence Watch
Three Russian military aircraft flew over HMCS Toronto, with at least one buzzing the Canadian frigate as it was in the Black Sea.
Well, that’s what the Canadian government said a few days ago. “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…….but it claims that Nicholson isn’t telling the real story. Its …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
