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Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Russia Denies 'Provocative Maneuver' Over Canadian Warship

HMCS TorontoCanada's Defense Ministry has accused Russian military aircraft of flying over one of its frigates involved in a NATO mission in the Black Sea, in what it described as an "unnecessarily provocative" maneuver.

"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," Canadian Defense Minister Rob Nicholson said Monday in an online statement.

A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman confirmed that two Russian aircraft had flown through the area but added that they did so "without making an approach on the foreign military vessel," TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

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