Russia blamed the United States and the United Kingdom for a bombing launched by Ukraine last week on the headquarters of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, on the Crimean peninsula. The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014 was "carried out at the request of the American and British intelligence services" and coordinated with them. "There is no doubt that the attack was planned in advance using Western intelligence, NATO satellite equipment and reconnaissance aircraft," said spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. There is also no doubt that "it was carried out at the request of the American and British intelligence services and in close coordination with them," added Zakharova, who is also spokesperson for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.