On Wednesday, the US Laboon was “many hundreds of miles away” when the two other vessels travelled within 12 miles of Crimea’s shoreline, according to the Telegraph.<\/span><\/p>\n The HMS Defender was reportedly confronted by Russian forces who warned the ship to move.<\/span><\/p>\n A BBC journalist who was on-board the British warship said hostile warnings were being issued over radio by the Russian forces.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the warnings issued by the Russians said: “If you don’t change course I’ll fire.”<\/span><\/p>\n However, a source told the Telegraph that despite being in the region, the US destroyer “was not involved and did not have anything to do with” the British efforts to sail through the contested waters.<\/span><\/p>\n In April, the US also cancelled the deployment of two warships to the region after Russia closed off areas of the Black Sea to foreign warships due to military drills.<\/span><\/p>\n Sir Iain criticised the Biden administration for not joining the British and Dutch vessels in the contested waters.<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/Joe-Biden-1454776.jpg?r=1624658809284\")
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