Britain accuses Russia of sowing inaccuracies over Black Sea warship incident

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday accused Russia of giving an inaccurate account of an incident in the Black Sea in which Moscow stated it had fired warning photographs and dropped bombs within the direction of a British destroyer off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea.

Russia, one of the international's biggest army powers, stated the British warship had breached its territorial waters - which Britain and most of the arena say belong to Ukraine - and cast Britain's moves as a blatant provocation.

Britain disputed Russia's account, pronouncing no warning photographs have been fired and that no bombs had been dropped within the direction of the Royal Navy destroyer Defender.

"No shots were fired at HMS Defender," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab instructed reporters in Singapore throughout a go to to discuss change deals.

"The Royal Navy deliver changed into accomplishing harmless passage through Ukrainian territorial waters. We have been doing so in accordance with international law and the Russian characterisation is predictably erroneous."

Russia seized and annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and considers areas around its coast to be Russian waters. Western countries deem the Crimea to be part of Ukraine and reject Russia's claim to the seas around it.

Russia stated the British ship had ventured as far as three km (2 miles) into Russian waters near Cape Fiolent, a landmark on Crimea's southern coast near the port of Sevastopol, headquarters of the Russian Navy's Black Sea fleet.

Britain sought to minimize the warship incident while accusing Moscow of disinformation.

"These are things that come and go together with Russia; disinformation, incorrect information is some thing that we have visible frequently," Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said. "We are not surprised via it, we plan for it."

Britain's BBC launched photos from the ship showing a Russian officer caution that he would shoot if the British deliver did not exchange path. Russia launched footage filmed from a Russian SU-24 bomber flying close to the British ship.