A Russian warship fired warning shots at a UK warship to force the British destroyer from waters near Crimea in the Black Sea, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian Defense Ministry further claimed that those waters belonged to Russia.

The incident marked the first time since the Cold War that Moscow used live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting soaring tensions between Russia and the West.

The ministry said the Russian warship fired warning shots after the British missile destroyer Defender ignored a notice against intrusion in Russia’s territorial waters.

The U.K. Ministry of Defense responded in a tweet, claiming the Royal Navy ship was in Ukrainian waters in accordance with international law.

Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, a move that was not recognized by most countries in the world.

And Russia has frequently chafed at NATO warship activity in the Black Sea near Crimea, saying that the activity in the Black Sea was destabilizing.

NATO members Turkey, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria all are on the Black Sea, but warships from the U.S., U.K. and other NATO allies, also have made increasingly frequent visits in a show of support to Ukraine.

Moscow has been in an ongoing campaign to undermine and destabilize Ukraine and wants to close broad areas of the Black Sea near Crimea and Ukraine to foreign navy ships.

The Biblical prophecies (Matthew 24, Luke 21) foretell that nation will rise against nation as there are wars and rumors of wars signaling we are nearing the end of this age and the coming of Jesus Christ.

These events and conditions happening now are warning signs pointing to the nearing fulfillment of the Last Days prophecies at the end of this age revealing it’s time to prepare now for the nearing appearance of Jesus Christ for His Church by being born again spiritually into the Kingdom of God as Jesus said we must (John 3) and His Apostles who were authorized (Matthew 16:19) described how (Acts 2).

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