Addressing the House of Commons, defence secretary said the spy ship is currently in the North Sea having passed through British waters

A Royal Navy submarine was authorized to surface close to a Russian ship "strictly as a deterrent measure," British Defense Secretary John Healey said.

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

The Defence Secretary told the Russian leader: "We see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country." It came as the minister told MPs the Russian vessel, Yanta, was currently in the North Sea having passed through British waters.

A BARROW-built Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was used to warn off one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spy ships operating around

A Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine was deployed to warn off a Russian spy ship operating in the English Channel, the government has revealed. The hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Russian vessel The Yantar which was loitering over critical undersea cables.

The Royal Navy has monitored Russian spy ship Yantar near UK waters, as Defence Secretary Healey warns of growing Russian aggression.

Defence secretary John Healey said the Russian vessel Yantar is being 'used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure'