US EditionDefence secretary reveals month-long Russian submarine operation over cables and pipelines north of UK
John Healey said 500 British personnel helped track the vessels, and no damage was found to the cables or pipelines.
- On Thursday, British and Norwegian militaries concluded a monthlong operation deterring Russian submarines suspected of "malign activity" near undersea infrastructure north of Britain.
- Defense Secretary John Healey stated Russia remains the primary threat to Britain and its allies, warning that "Putin would want us to be distracted by the Middle East."
- A British frigate, aircraft, and hundreds of personnel monitored one Russian attack submarine and two spy vessels operating near critical infrastructure during the operation.
- Healey warned that any attempt by Russia to damage cables or pipelines "will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences" for Moscow's leadership.
- Britain is prepared to seize vessels suspected of being part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of ships violating international sanctions regarding the Ukraine conflict.
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The militaries of the United Kingdom and Norway have led an operation to disrupt Russian submarines suspected of "malign activity" in the North Atlantic, the British defense secretary has announced. John Healey said a frigate, aircraft and hundreds of personnel monitored a Russian attack submarine and two spy submarines near underwater infrastructure north of the United Kingdom. He said the Russian ships eventually left after the operation, whic…
Russian submarines were identified and followed in the North Atlantic by British forces. They were engaged in underwater cable espionage operations. No damage was reported. - The United Kingdom revealed that they had followed three Russian submarines who were spying on cables in the North Atlantic (International).
The British Defense Minister claims that his armed forces in coordination with Norway have disarmed an operation to damage infrastructure in the North Atlantic Enrique Baron: “Putin is trying to impose an order to replace the UN.” British Defense Minister John Healey announced on Thursday that his armed forces have detected Russian submarines in recent weeks in the North Atlantic that they were supposedly monitoring cables and other essential in…
Putin Sent Secret Submarines Near UK Cables—But They Were Tracked the Entire Time
Russia conducted a covert submarine operation in waters near the United Kingdom that posed a potential threat to critical energy pipelines and data cables, UK Defense Secretary John Healey said, according to the UK government press release on April 9. British and allied forces tracked a Russian Akula-class attack submarine along with two specialized deep-sea submarines linked to Moscow’s GUGI program for more than a month in the North Sea befor…
The British military has been tracking three Russian submarines for about a month, which were believed to be conducting a covert operation near undersea cables and pipelines north of the British coast, British Defense Secretary John Healey said today. He added that the submarines had left the area and there was no evidence that they had damaged undersea infrastructure.
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