Britain’s Royal Navy has escorted a Russian submarine sailing toward the English Channel after locating it near British waters on Tuesday evening, the navy announced.
Russia has sporadically sent ships and aircraft toward NATO allied states since the Ukraine crisis, usually without ammunition on board but also without warning states whose territory they approach. Russia’s Baltic port of Kaliningrad has been particularly active in sending and welcoming ships and jets.
A British frigate warship was sent to shadow a Russian Kilo class submarine on Sunday after it was spotted in the North Sea, moving southwest on Sunday.
Frigate HMS Kent located the …read more
Source: Newsweek
