Even if Russia had sunk British warship, it wouldn’t have started WW3, Putin claims in apparent rebuke of NATO collective defense

RT

President Vladimir Putin has slammed the violation of Russian territorial waters by the British warship HMS ‘Defender’ as a “provocation.” He also claimed that London’s US allies had a hand in last week’s incident near Crimea.

However, apparently casting doubt on NATO’s Article V collective defense pact, the Russian leader claimed that even if Moscow had sunk the vessel, it wouldn’t have led to World War III.

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June 30, 2021 at 01:55AM
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