It is clarified that a folder with documents consisting of printouts from emails and a computer presentation accidentally found a passerby at a stop in Kent’s county. He gave the documents to reporters.
According to BBC, the folder belonged to a senior official of the defense department. The documents contained information that the UK, having decided to hold the ship near the Crimean coast, wanted to show that Kyiv supports, and London was not afraid to use the waters that belonging to Ukraine.
According to the presentation, the event was called “Drotroit Operation”, it offered two options for the passage of a destroyer from Odessa to Batumi. The first was considered safer, but the military united kingdom considered several options for the response of the Russian Federation, including “unprofessional and unsafe.” The second option suggested the passage of the object away from Crimea in order to avoid confrontation.
However, as a result, the choice fell on the first option. The government of the country began the investigation.
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