The Kremlin is suspected of deploying the vessel to stalk the seabed, gathering intelligence that could be used in acts of sabotage. View on euronews ...

The last British submarine known to have severed a cable was HMS Conqueror in 1982. Fresh from firing the torpedoes that sank ...

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey on Wednesday issued a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin after reporting a Russian spy ship had entered British waters earlier this week.

Healey said the Yantar vessel was being "used for gathering intelligence and mapping the U.K.'s critical underwater infrastructure." "I also wanted President Putin to hear this message ...

U.K. Defense Secretary revealed that the same Russian surveillance ship, Yantar, has been again spotted in the British waters in January.

Russian surveillance Yantar was shadowed by HMS Somerset on Jan. 22, 2025. UK Royal Navy Photo U.K. Defence Secretary John Healy revealed to Parliament on Wednesday that he had ordered a Royal ...

The Russian spy vessel Yantar, he said, was in the North Sea after passing through British waters. Two Royal Navy vessels, the HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne, were deployed "to monitor the vessel every ...

John Healey told MPs he approved a mission targeting the Yantar, saying it was 'loitering over UK critical undersea infrastructure' at the time. The vessel scarpered to the Mediterranean ...

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months. By Stephen Castle and ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --A British official sent a public warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after the Royal Navy started tracking the Russian spy vessel Yantar in British waters this ...

LONDON—For around a decade, the Russian spy ship Yantar has crossed the globe and loitered over undersea cables in what Western officials suspect is an attempt by the Kremlin to map vital ...