2021 Black Sea incident
| 2021 Black Sea incident | |||||
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HMS Defender at sea in October 2020 | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov | Vice-Admiral René Tas, Commander | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 2 patrol boats | HMS Defender (D36) | ||||
The 2021 Black Sea incident was a diplomatic incident between Russia and the United Kingdom involving the British destroyer HMS Defender while it transited from Odesa, Ukraine, to Batumi, Georgia.