The nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Yantar to let the Russian ship know it was being watched.
A Royal Navy submarine was authorized to surface close to a Russian ship "strictly as a deterrent measure," British Defense Secretary John Healey said.
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A Russian spy ship has been monitored by the Royal Navy after it entered UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has said - as he issued a warning to President Vladimir Putin.
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey on Wednesday issued a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin after reporting a Russian spy ship had entered British waters earlier this week.
A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was deployed to warn off a Russian spy ship operating in the English Channel, the government has revealed. The hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Russian vessel The Yantar which was loitering over critical undersea cables.
Defence secretary John Healey said the Russian vessel Yantar is being 'used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure'
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A RUSSIAN spy ship fled UK waters after a Royal Navy nuclear submarine surfaced yards away in a show of force. Defence Secretary John Healy revealed details of the high seas showdown as he
The Kremlin has declined to comment on UK accusations that a Russian spy ship, Yantar, was gathering intelligence in British waters. The UK said its Royal Navy tracked the vessel mapping critical underwater infrastructure and issued a warning to President Vladimir Putin.