Russian warship tracked near British water

The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship, which it tracked the sailing near British water.

Carvet Boycki was part of a task group, which was tracked by HMS Summerset for three days as it made its way through the English Channel and North Sea, leaving a merchant vessel when returning from Syria to Russia.

Patrol aircraft and NATO forces also assisted in the surveillance campaign, the Navy said.

Boycki is one of several Russian ships to track sailing near the British coast in recent months.

The Royal Navy said its operation began on Saturday as the Russian warship met south through the North Sea and the English Channel, which to meet the merchant vessel known as the Baltic leader, to take it back to Russia.

A British type 23 frigate Somerset used its radar system to report on the movements and also launched a Marilyn helicopter from its naval air squadron to gather information from the sky.

Times toldThe Russian trader ship was transporting military hardware from the Russian naval base in Syria, along with the crew along with the crew on the warship, burning papers and the ship’s machine gun.

The ship’s Commanding Officer, CDR Joel Roberts said: “Somerset is well aware of the escort of Russian vessels, performed this operation on many occasions.

“Great professionalism has been shown by the ship’s company to integrate with our NATO colleagues to work in Britain’s water and monitor Russian activity around Europe by the ship’s company.”

This is the second time this year that Summerset has been used to track Russian activity from the British coast.

The operation comes two weeks after monitoring five ships, including three trader ships by Operation Navy, as they left for a Russian Baltic port from Syria.

And in January, Defense Secretary John Hella told MPs The Royal Navy monitored a Russian spy ship after Britain was spotted around the water of Britain. – The vessel, accusing Yantar, is being used to collect intelligence and map the infrastructure under the UK.

He said that the incident was “another example of increasing Russian aggression”, in claims that were described as “absolutely baseless” by the Russian Embassy in London.

Western countries have often tracked European water -working Yant and suspect that a part of its mission is to map the undercare cables.

Russia has been accused of advancing this activity since Ukraine started a full -scale invasion in 2022.