Britain has denied Russian reports that its military fired warning shots at a UK destroyer in the Black Sea. Moscow’s defence ministry was quoted as saying that HMS Defender entered Russian territorial waters near Crimea while a patrol ship fired warning shots and a jet dropped bombs in its path.  But Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said no bombs were dropped, or warning shots fired at HMS Defender. It added that the ship was sailing in Ukrainian waters. “HMS Defender was taking the most direct and internationally recognised route between Ukraine and Georgia,” a Downing Street spokesman said. He added that Russia had given pre-warning to the UK that it was carrying out gunnery exercises in the Black Sea near to where HMS Defender was sailing. British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement that HMS Defender was carrying out a “routine transit” when it entered the internationally recognised traffic corridor.(BBC)…[+]