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Publication Date: 2025-11-19 21:25:00
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TO russian spy The ship was at the edge of UK waters, British defense officials said.
John Healey, the UK defense secretary, said it was the second time the ship, the Yantar, had been deployed to UK waters. News from heaven reported.
“This is a ship designed to gather intelligence and map our undersea cables,” he said during a news conference. “We deployed a Royal Navy frigate and RAF aircraft to monitor and track every movement of this vessel, during which the Yantar directed lasers at our pilots.”
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British Defense Secretary John Healey, in front of a screen showing an image of the Russian military ship Yantar, delivers a speech in the Downing Street briefing room in central London on Wednesday. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Healey warned the Russian president Vladimir Putinsaying: “We see you, we know what you are doing and if the Yantar travels south this week, we are ready.”
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Healey issued his warning following a report from the Commons Defense Committee, which said the UK “lacks a plan to defend the homeland and overseas territories” and urged the government to launch a “co-ordinated effort to communicate with the public about the level of threat we face”, the news outlet reported.
The Yantar is not just part of a naval operation, but part of Moscow’s Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research, or GUGI, which works primarily on peacetime surveillance and sabotage. during conflicts.
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“That’s why we are determined. Every time the Yantar enters wider British waters, we track it, we deter it and we say to Putin: ‘We are ready and we are doing it together with our allies,'” Healey said.