The Royal Navy intercepted a Russian warship and a tanker off the coast of the United Kingdom.
HMS Severn, a patrol vessel, shadowed the RFN Stoikiy corvette and a tanker vessel in the past fortnight, the Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.
The news comes just days after Defense Secretary John Healey told reporters that the Russian spy ship Yantar
had aimed lasers at the pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its
activities off the coast of Scotland.
- Britain described the Yantar’s actions as “reckless and dangerous,” adding that Britain was ready to respond to any incursions into its territory.
According to the Associated Press, The Russian Embassy in London responded to Healey’s comments by accusing the British government of “whipping up militaristic hysteria,” adding that Moscow has no interest in undermining the U.K.’s security.
Royal Navy intercepts Russian warship and tanker off UK coast
The Royal Navy intercepted a Russian warship and tanker in the Dover Strait and English ChannelFile photo - Patrol vessel HMS Severn shadowed the two Russian vessels (PA Archive)
James C. Reynolds
Sunday 23 November 2025 19:48 GMT
LONDON (AP) — A U.K. patrol
ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing
them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday,
adding that Russian naval activity around U.K. waters had increased by
30% over the past two years.
- With the past two weeks, the patrol ship HMS Severn intercepted the Russian corvette RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya as they sailed through the English Channel, the ministry said.
- The Severn eventually handed over monitoring duties to an unidentified NATO ally off the coast of Brittany.
In addition to the ships
stationed around the U.K. coast, Britain has deployed three Poseidon
surveillance aircraft to Iceland as part of a NATO mission patrolling
for Russian ships and submarines in the North Atlantic and Arctic, the
ministry said.
The news comes just days after Defense Secretary John Healey told reporters that the Russian spy ship Yantar
had aimed lasers at the pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its
activities off the coast of Scotland.
- Britain described the Yantar’s actions as “reckless and dangerous,” adding that Britain was ready to respond to any incursions into its territory.
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Even
though Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged big military spending
increases in light of threats from Russia, China and Iran, the
government is facing tough tradeoffs as it eyes tax increases and spending cuts to close a multi-billion-pound shortfall in its finances.
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