Armed forces on patrol around the UK in response to Russian activity

The UK Armed Forces are on patrol from the English Channel to the High North amid increased Russian activity threatening UK waters. This comes as the UK has seen a 30% increase in Russian vessels threatening UK waters in the past two years.

In the past fortnight, Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Severn intercepted Russian corvette RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya off the UK coast, in a round-the-clock shadowing operation as the Russian vessels sailed through the Dover Strait and westward through the English Channel.

HMS Severn later handed over monitoring duties to a NATO ally off the coast of Brittany, but continued to observe from a distance and remained ready to respond to any unexpected activity.

Read more at UK Ministry of Defence