John Healey warned Vladimir Putin ‘we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action’.

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

A British submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship loitering over critical UK underwater infrastructure to deter any potential threat, Defence Secretary John Healey told Parliament.He explained to MPs that he had changes the rules of engagement for the Royal Navy so it could get close to the Yantar vessel,

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months.

A Russian spy ship entered British waters twice in recent weeks, prompting the UK to deploy Royal Navy ships, Royal Air Force planes and a submarine, Defence Secretary John Healey said.

British Defence Secretary John Healey told parliament Wednesday the Royal Navy tracked a “Russian spy ship” that passed through UK waters, warning Russia’s President Vladimir Putin: “We know what you’

Moscow’s intelligence ship Yantar enters UK waters in ‘another example of growing Russian aggression’, according to the Defence Secretary

The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it entered British waters, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure.

Defence Secretary John Healey has warned Vladmir Putin "we see you" after a Russian spy vessel used to map critical underwater infrastructure entered UK waters. Taking aim at the Russian President, he said: "We see you,