{"id":30212,"date":"2026-06-16T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/couple-on-board-yacht-describe-encounter-with-russian-warship\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:48:09","slug":"couple-on-board-yacht-describe-encounter-with-russian-warship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/couple-on-board-yacht-describe-encounter-with-russian-warship\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple on board yacht describe encounter with Russian warship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 jLDVdT\">Retired British couple Jane and Alan Kelvey spoke to BBC&#8217;s Newsnight after coming into close contact with Russian frigate the Admiral Grigorovich on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 jLDVdT\">&#8220;They gave out five blasts on their horn, which means, have you seen 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