Secret documents found about the Russian destroyer’s breach of the Russian border at a bus station in Britain!
The BBC reported that secret documents belonging to the British Ministry of Defense related to the British destroyer’s breach of Russia’s borders in the Black Sea recently, were found at a bus station in England.
And the British Broadcasting Corporation confirmed, today, Sunday, that a person, who requested anonymity, found the package of secret documents, which includes about 50 pages, near a bus station in Kent, last Tuesday morning, (the day before Defender breached the maritime borders of Russia) and handed it over. to the BBC.
And the “BBC” suggested that the documents, which include messages and presentations in the computer program PowerPoint, were issued by the office of a senior official in the British Ministry of Defense.
The British government announced that it had launched an investigation into the matter, while a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense confirmed that one of the employees reported the loss of confidential documents, without providing further comments.
These documents reveal, according to the BBC, that the London government, while planning the Defender flight, which the Ministry of Defense described in its official statements as “peaceful passage through Ukrainian waters”, considered the possibility of Russia responding fiercely to the breach of its borders.
The documents show that the mission, dubbed Op Ditroite, was the subject of discussion among high-ranking UK officials on Monday night, with an official from the British Army’s Northwood Headquarters in England questioning the meeting’s expectations of a possible “reception” by the Russian side.
One of the participants said, according to the documents, that the number of naval frictions between the Russian and British forces is expected to increase in the coming period.
According to the BBC, these documents show that the British government considered two routes for the Defender’s flight from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to the Georgian port of Batumi (Republic of Georgia), the first of which was chosen (with approach to the Crimean coast), which is described as “safe and professional”.
The British leadership rejected the alternative route away from the Crimean waters, because of its fears that Moscow would see this as the “Escape of the United Kingdom” and London’s effective recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea.
The first track was also chosen to show Britain’s support for the Ukrainian government, which does not recognize the re-joining of Crimea to Russia.
The British leadership considered three possible scenarios for Russia’s response to the Defender’s approach to the Crimean coast, ranging from “safe and professional” to “unsafe and unprofessional”.
And the “BBC” indicated that these documents also pertain to other files, including very sensitive recommendations directed to the Minister of Defense, Ben Wallace, regarding the possibility of keeping some British forces in Afghanistan, despite the withdrawal of NATO from it.
Last Wednesday, Russian army forces fired warning shots towards the British destroyer Defender, after violating the country’s maritime borders off Crimea.
Source: “BBC”
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