A Russian spy ship was on the edge of British waters, British defense officials said.
John Healey, the Defense Secretary, said it was the second time the ship, the Yantar, had been deployed in British waters. SKY news reported.
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British Defense Secretary John Healey, in the background of a screen showing an image of the Russian military ship Yantar operating off the northern coast of Scotland, delivers a speech in the Downing Street briefing room in central London on Wednesday. (Getty Images)
“This is a ship designed for intelligence gathering and mapping of our undersea cables,” he said at a news conference. “We deployed a Royal Navy frigate and RAF aircraft to track and monitor this ship’s every move, with the Yantar pointing lasers at our pilots.
Healey warned Russian President Vladimir Putin: “we see you, we know what you are doing, and if the Yantar heads south this week, we will be ready.”
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Healey’s warning came after a report from the Commons Defense Committee said Britain has “no plan to defend the homeland and overseas territories” as it urged the government to launch a “co-ordinated effort to communicate with the public about the level of threat we face”, the news channel reported.
In addition to being part of a naval operation, the Yantar is also part of Moscow’s Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research, or GUGI, which mainly deals with peacetime surveillance and conflict sabotage.
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“That’s why we are determined: when the Yantar comes into wider British waters, we will follow it, we will deter it and we will tell Putin we are ready, and we will do that together with allies,” Healey said.
