US EditionRoyal Navy Intercepts Russian Vessels in UK Waters
HMS Severn shadowed Russian warship RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya in the Dover Strait and English Channel amid a 30% rise in Russian naval activity, before NATO took over monitoring.
- On Sunday, HMS Severn intercepted the Russian corvette RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya as they transited the Dover Strait into the English Channel, the Ministry of Defence said.
- The MoD said the rise was marked by a 30% increase in Russian naval activity near UK waters over two years, with Yantar operating near northwest Scotland this year to gather intelligence and map undersea cables.
- Conducting a round-the-clock shadow, HMS Severn maintained continuous overwatch as the pair moved west through the English Channel and later handed monitoring to an unidentified NATO ally off Brittany, France.
- Britain and NATO deployed three RAF P-8 Poseidon aircraft to Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, while Healey pressed for higher defence spending to boost jobs and growth on Wednesday.
- These events come amid a series of recent intercepts, including HMS Duncan tracking Vice Admiral Kulakov and HMS Iron Duke monitoring Novorossiysk, while the Defence Select Committee warned the government is moving at a "glacial" pace.
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British Navy Intercepts Russian Warships in English Channel
The British Royal Navy intercepted two Russian warships transiting through the English Channel sometime in the past two weeks, British media reported Sunday, citing the U.K.
The Russian corvette Stoykii and the tanker Yelnya have been escorted and monitored by the British warship HMS Severn as they sailed through the English Channel over the past two weeks, the Royal Navy said on Sunday, shortly after it reported that Russian ships threatening British territorial waters had increased by 30 percent in the past two years.
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