Overview
- HMS Severn shadowed the corvette RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya through the Dover Strait before handing monitoring to a NATO ally off Brittany.
- The Ministry of Defence reports a roughly 30% rise in Russian naval activity near UK waters over the past two years.
- The research vessel Yantar was tracked off northwest Scotland by HMS Somerset and RAF P-8 aircraft during which lasers were directed at UK pilots.
- Officials say Yantar used GPS jamming that disrupted nearby merchant vessels, while HMS Somerset’s encrypted navigation remained unaffected.
- UK authorities have tightened rules of engagement and issued a public warning to Moscow following what they described as reckless and dangerous actions.