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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T20:25:31.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe retired couple who own the sailing yacht that came under Russian fire in the English Channel have told GB News that they \"didn’t do anything wrong\", after the Russians accused them of being on a \"dangerous course\" with their warship.\n\nAlan and Jane Kelvey set sail from Lymington on their 12-metre-long British flagged yacht Bright Future in the early hours of Tuesday morning, headed to Cherbourg in France.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThey claim visibility was \"reasonable\" and that there was no fog as they made their crossing, but around 20 nautical miles south of the Isle of Wight they encountered the Russian warship Grigorovich.\n\nThe couple say the Russians made no contact with them over radio, and that they did not fire any flares, despite the Russians claiming to in a statement where they said they acted in ‘strict accordance’ with international regulation.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Kelveys told GB News that the Russians fired four or five shots into the air at 11:01 UK time.\n\nThe couple say the warship wasn’t displaying AIS and so they had no way of knowing that the vessel was a Russian military vessel. They say they had planned to pass the ship on its starboard side, leaving a berth of 500m, as they made their way to France.\n\nHowever, the Russian warship blasted 5 long horns and so the couple say they changed their course by two degrees to avoid them.\n\nDespite their evasive manoeuvre, the Russians still fired four to five shots at them as a warning, the couple told GB News.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“We were not on a collision course in any way shape or form... we didn't do anything wrong”, Alan and Jane explained.\n\n“We followed all the collision regulations… the closest we got to them was 500m… and as soon as we heard the gun shots, we put our engine on,” they continued.\n\nThe couple heard the gun shots fire at 11:01 UK time, at which point they dialled 999 to request help from the coastguard.\n\nThe couple praised the speed at which they responded, telling GB News the coastguard was ‘brilliant’.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Nigel Farage savages PM's ‘awkward’ G7 presence as he reveals what he would do in his place\n  * NHS fined £300,000 after chemo patient's death traced to contaminated water\n  * Man suspected of captaining intercepted Russian shadow fleet tanker appears in court\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe couple say the incident lasted for no longer than 10 minutes and left them deeply \"shocked\".\n\nAlan and Jane told GB News they believe the incident took place \"because of what happened earlier this week\" in the Channel, when a Russian shadow oil tanker was seized by the Royal Marines and the National Crime Agency.\n\n\n**_Additional reporting by Tom Fredericks_**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Retired British sailors reveal terrifying moment Russian warship opened fire: ‘We did nothing wrong'"
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