Russian warship accidentally fires on Russian town
Thankfully, no one was hurt, but this is still not exactly the Russian navy’s finest moment: A Russian warship has mistakenly shelled a village near the northern city of St Petersburg, officials say. They say the small anti-submarine vessel fired up to 15 artillery rounds at Pesochnoye during target practice late on Thursday. Some terrified ...
Thankfully, no one was hurt, but this is still not exactly the Russian navy's finest moment:
Thankfully, no one was hurt, but this is still not exactly the Russian navy’s finest moment:
A Russian warship has mistakenly shelled a village near the northern city of St Petersburg, officials say.
They say the small anti-submarine vessel fired up to 15 artillery rounds at Pesochnoye during target practice late on Thursday.
Some terrified villagers said they thought a war had started, Russia’s Ria Novosti news agency reports.
How’s that “smaller smarter military” thing going?
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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