Russian spy ship currently on edge of UK waters, warns defence secretary

A Russian spy vessel is presently connected the borderline of UK waters, the defence caput has announced.

John Healey said it was the 2nd clip that the ship, the Yantar, had been deployed to UK waters.

Giving a property league successful Downing Street, helium said: "A Russian spy ship, the Yantar, is connected the borderline of UK waters northbound of Scotland, having entered the UK's wider waters implicit the past fewer weeks.

"This is simply a vas designed for gathering quality and mapping our undersea cables.

"We deployed a Royal Navy frigate and RAF planes to show and way this vessel's each move, during which the Yantar directed lasers astatine our pilots.

"That Russian enactment is profoundly dangerous, and this is the 2nd clip this twelvemonth that this ship, the Yantar, has deployed to UK waters."

Mr Healey added: "So my connection to Russia and to Putin is this: we spot you, we cognize what you're doing, and if the Yantar travels southbound this week, we are ready."

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