The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for ...

John Healey, in a highly unusual statement to MPs, said the incident involving HMS Astute happened in November but the research vessel, called Yantar, then returned to UK waters this week.

The Yantar then left UK waters “without further loitering” and sailed down to the Mediterranean, he added. Mr Healey said: “I won’t comment further on reasons for operational security but ...

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Last year, when the Yantar was first detected in Britain’s waters, a British submarine nearby was monitoring it, the defense secretary disclosed on Wednesday. While the authorities have linked ...

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He stressed it was the second time the vessel had entered UK waters, the first being in November. Mr Healey said the Yantar had been “loitering” over UK undersea infrastructure. “To deter ...

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