Overview
- HMS Severn tracked the corvette RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya through the Dover Strait before handing monitoring to a NATO partner off Brittany.
- UK officials say the Russian vessel Yantar directed military‑grade lasers at RAF P‑8 crews monitoring it off northwest Scotland, with pilots medically assessed and uninjured.
- The Ministry of Defence reports Yantar employed GPS jamming that disrupted nearby civilian navigation systems, while HMS Somerset’s encrypted military capabilities were unaffected.
- The Royal Navy continues to shadow Yantar as Defence Secretary John Healey tightens rules of engagement and states that military options are ready if the ship moves closer.
- Three RAF P‑8A Poseidons have deployed to Keflavik in the largest overseas use of the UK fleet to bolster NATO surveillance of the North Atlantic and Arctic, while the Russian Embassy rejects the UK’s allegations.