Russian warships pass close to British waters over Christmas holiday, U.K. navy says
2017-12-27 09:41:17 source：Washington Post
December 26, 2017
BRUSSELS — British ships and a helicopter were dispatched over the Christmas holiday weekend to track an “upsurge” of Russian naval vessels passing near British waters, the British navy said Tuesday, as British and NATO leaders warn of Russian naval activity at levels unseen since the Cold War.
At least four Russian ships, including a warship and an intelligence-gathering ship, passed near British waters starting Saturday, the British navy said. The traffic on the water meant British sailors on the Royal Navy frigate St. Albans spent Christmas tracking their Russian counterparts. Those sailors planned to return to port Tuesday, the navy said, although they remained on high readiness.
The ship traffic came days after the head of the British military warned in an interview of the threat of Russian submarine activity near the sensitive undersea data cables that carry Internet traffic between North America and Europe.
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