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Russian warship violates Danish waters

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Russian warship violates Danish waters
Illustration photo of a Russian Navy corvette Boikiy seen here in the forefront of the photo in the Baltic Sea. Photo: REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar/Ritzau

A Russian corvette twice violated Denmark's territorial waters in the Baltic Sea on Friday, the Danish armed forces said.

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The Russian vessel first crossed into the Danish waters north of the island of Christianso, south of Sweden, at 1230 am GMT.
 
"A few hours later, the same corvette crossed into Danish waters again, also north of Christianso," the Danish military said in a statement.
 
"Following a call on civilian VHF radio from the Navy's maritime operations unit, the Russian ship immediately left Danish territorial waters," it added. The military said it had "nothing further to add".

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Denmark's foreign ministry later said it had been in talks with the Russian ambassador, and noted that the incursion occurred after a Russian military spy plane violated its airspace in late March.
 
"Russia is again ignoring the international rule book by not respecting borders. It has been communicated in very clear terms to the Russian ambassador that this kind of action is completely unacceptable," foreign
minister Jeppe Kofod said in a separate statement.

 
“A deeply irresponsible, gross and completely unacceptable Russian provocation in the middle of #fmdk,” Kofod added on Twitter, referring to the democracy festival, Folkemødet.
 
 
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, as well as several members of her cabinet and opposition leaders are currently attending the four-day festival discussing climate, defence policy and other matters.
 
Denmark is a member of NATO and has sent both anti-tank launchers and an anti-ship missile system to Ukraine since Russia's invasion in February.
 
Christianso is located some 300 kilometres (190 miles) from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
 

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