This Wednesday, January 22, the British Ministry of Defense declared that the “Russian spy ship” Yantar had been monitored and tracked in the English Channel by the Royal Navy. A few weeks ago, the Yantar had already been spotted above undersea cables.

The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters earlier this week, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure.

The Russian vessel Yantar, identified by the UK Department of Defence as a spy ship, has been monitored in the English Channel for a week by Royal Navy (RN) vessels.