Toronto - Kyiv - Sevastopol, September 09 (PolitNavigator, Yuri Kovalchuk) - Three Russian planes circled a Canadian warship several times, scaring the crew, reports the Canadian newspaper The National Post.
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The planes circled several times over a Canadian warship that had entered the Black Sea.
Defense Secretary Rob Nicholson called the incident "unnecessarily provocative and risky and risks escalating tensions in the region at a time when a fragile truce has only just come into force."
The minister says the planes circled the USS Toronto in such a way as not to pose a threat. Three aircraft took part in the incident - two fighters and an observation aircraft.
The warship Toronto was heading to NATO's Sea Breeze exercise, taking place in the Black Sea with the participation of Ukraine.