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ARussian spyship was on the edge of United Kingdom waters, British defense officials said.
John Healey, the U.K.’s defense secretary, said it was the second time the ship, the Yantar, had been deployed to U.K.waters,SKY Newsreported.
“This is a vessel designed for gathering intelligence and mapping our undersea cables,” he said during a news conference.“We deployed a Royal Navy frigate and RAF planes to monitor and track this vessel’s every move, during which the Yantar directed lasers at our pilots.”
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British Defense Secretary John Healey, appearing in front of a screen displaying an image of the Russian military ship Yantar, delivers a speech in the Downing Street briefing room in central London Wednesday. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Healey warned Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, saying, “We see you, we know what you’re doing and if the Yantar travels south this week, we are ready.”
The U.K.plans to build a number of factories to make munitions and military explosives.The first one is expected to break ground next year.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Nov.18, 2024.(Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Healey issued his warning after a report by the Commons Defence Committee, which said the U.K.“lacks a plan for defending the homeland and overseas territories” and urged the government to launch a “coordinated effort to communicate with the public on the level of threat we face,” the news outlet reported.
The Yantar isn’t just part of a naval operation but part of Moscow’s Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research, or GUGI, which primarily works in surveillance in peacetime and sabotageduring conflicts.
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