# NATO vessel fired on by Russian Warship? Uncertain value to news. Confirmation/details?

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**Created:** [September 23, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nato-vessel-fired-on-by-russian-warship-uncertain-value-to-news-confirmation-details/1007608 "2024-09-23T01:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
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I was watching a news accumulator/compiler channel on ROKU (Haystack News), and one of the channels ran a news bar at the bottom of the page stating that _a Russian Naval vessel fired on a NATO vessel in NATO waters_.

I can find no confirmation of this.

**IF** it happened, this is very, **very** bad.

Can any Dopers confirm, or is it BS from a small news site?

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
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I did a search and haven’t found any news of that sort within the last 24 hours.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
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Thank you.  
It may have been an old story about a freighter fired on by Russians in Turkish waters.  
Likely an error on the station’s part.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nato-vessel-fired-on-by-russian-warship-uncertain-value-to-news-confirmation-details/1007608/4 "2024-09-23T02:05:32Z")

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Mistakes also happen. One round that doesn’t do any damage leads to pointedly indignant messages between diplomats, not WWIII.

A no shit full effort attack by one warship upon another is rather a bigger deal.

Overall you seem to have a very high emotional tone about every event since the original invasion.

Not every event that gets reported is significant, much less a turning point.