Overview
- Defence Minister John Healey disclosed Thursday that British forces had monitored three Russian submarines for about a month in the North Atlantic.
- A Royal Navy warship and a Royal Air Force patrol aircraft watched the boats around the clock with allied support that included Norway.
- The group included one attack submarine and two intelligence-gathering boats operating near undersea cables in or around British waters.
- The operation has ended after the submarines left the area, with no evidence so far of damage to cables or pipelines and checks still under way with allies.
- Healey issued a direct warning to Moscow and linked the posture to wider maritime pressure on Russia, as reports cited a frigate escorting sanctioned tankers and new UK powers to seize so‑called ghost‑fleet vessels.