A Royal Navy submarine has been used to warn off one of Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters.
Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the Yantar, which he said the Russians “used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure”.
Mr Healey warned Mr Putin “we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country”.
He told MPs the Yantar was in the North Sea having passed through British waters in recent days, where it had been shadowed by Royal Navy ships HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne.
But he said it was the second time the Yantar had entered UK waters in recent months.
“In November, the ship was also closely watched and detected loitering over UK critical undersea infrastructure. To deter any potential threat, I took measured steps,” he told the Commons.
“I can confirm to the House that I authorised a Royal Navy submarine, strictly as a deterrent measure, to surface close to the Yantar to make clear that we had been covertly monitoring its every move.
“The ship then left UK waters without further loitering and sailed down to the Mediterranean.”
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Hundreds of illegals arriving here again today here in Dover and these criminals want to start a war with Russia!
They'll be sat on board pointing & sniggering 😂
With the technology of today …they need a boat to spy on Starmer lol
They should come in tiny boats so we can put them up in hotels and give them free stuff
Jeeessss British are so russophobic!!! Everything is Putin and Russa Russa …. What a delusional paranoia!!! Didn't Washington Post write an article about the cables in the Baltic was a accident and NOT the Russians or Chinese!?
All the reform and UKIP supporters supports the Russian spy ship being in UK waters.
You mupets will do nothing, a bunch of unless idiots
We need our version of the Iron dome.
The Yantar is a russian research vessel returning from the mediterrean after conducting a dive on the Ursa Major a russian cargo ship that was sunk by NATO and Mossad in the mediterrean and now that the the sabotage has been confirmed the russians are mad as hell – so all shipping had better watch out now yhe russians xan be full of surprises. And so we have this outburst in the Commons today
Pre-Oreshnik visit
I love it so elegant
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ah the English journalists and politicians as the French are deconecté of the World they are still on the cloud of big power with their colony as in the past as Starmer who signs a 100 years treaty with ukraine when dear them unable to manage the immigration medical services several years for an appointment
All absolute twoddle, get this people out before it does really kick off.
First Russian test of new trump administration loyalty to nato allies. You can bet russian intelligence is monitoring relations.
So what, UK cruise missiles are being fired into Russian territory in our name and British troops and RAF along Russia's European border wagging sticks with NATO at Russia , What do you think the Russians might be thinking to that ? When 25%of Russia is in Europe and European and 75% of Russia is in Asia making them Asian and covers 11 time zones and a leader of the BRICS nations economic trade bloc , Healy is gaslighting for public consent to extend NATO BS
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UK is a laughing stock 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So ,if its i our territorial waters why didn't we sink it?
Russia is preparing for full scale war. Already picking it’s high value targets. They want to cripple us before we can respond. Wait and see
UK a once global empire l, now nothing more thana a dwindling army and ships that regularly break down, using pictures of Lions that exist only in Africa. UK is now a joke, only fit to fight tiny 3rd world countries in a NATO mob
use fishing nets to stop its props
And what's the UK going to do about it? NOTHING!! These clown lie as bad as ukraine! No wonder their a laughing stock!!
But Europe and NATO have provide man power an animations for Ukraine but they unable take to back their land and even you UK can not fight Russia we know that okay but you always say Russia is weak but the look of things is not weak as you people are saying let's stop drama and bring peace
Mr. Putin knows the weakness of the UK, let’s hope he won’t try to test any type of oreshnik missiles anywhere in the UK water.
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Russianswant to claim asylum 😂😂😂😂
Great Britain is very weak already.! Can't even prevent unauthorise ship from entering it's waters…!!!☝️😳🙄😬☝️❗❗❗
Them navy war ships next to this spy ship and Russians are still like “ye and wot you gonna do” hahaha
I am sure UK will send some rockets to Ukraine due to this action Russia. Putin is terrorist and know only leanguage of force.
Britain is Weak economically and Military against Russia
What a lot of nonsense. This is all about covering up our debt crisis. What a joke British government has become.
What about UK Spyplanes in the Black Sea? UK you're simply a useless joke!
When we have troops in Ukraine and fund zelensky what do you expect you idiots 😂😎
The only W anchor to be disturbed in the UK lives at 10 downing street.
Laugh while y'all can! 🥰💋❤️🇷🇺
😂😂😂😂😂 what worrnig what you been doing in Ukraine all this time is all noth sea belong to Uk 😂😂
If it was 45 miles off the coast, it didn't enter British waters. They only extend 12 nautical miles. The ship was in international waters and had every right to be there.
Tell starmer to get the UK out of the Ukraine debacle… The USA is likely to dump Ukraine a war they created and will leave Europe to sort out… Which had nothing to do with the UK to start off with…
A Royal navy sub surfaced next to the Russian ship and the Russians left with their tail between their legs.