The destoyer`s morning crew spotted an approaching Turkish ship at a distance of approximately one kilometer (0.6 miles). The seiner did not get on the air for radio contact with the Russian ship and did not respond to signal lamps or flairs.
Upon the Turkish seiner`s dangerously close approach to the anchored "Smetlivy" at a distance of 600 meters (656 yards), the Russian partol ship fired a shot beyond the hitting range of the fireamrs to avoid collision.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Turkish vessel immediately changed its course and, without contacting the Russian crew, kept moving by the "Smetlivy" destroyer at a distance of 540 meters (590 yards).
Following the incident, a military attache at Turkish embassy in Moscow has been urgently summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry by Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov.
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