The UK authorized the British submarine to surface closely to the Russian vessel to warn it off, British defense secretary ...

The Russian ship Yantar, which translates to amber, is under surveillance by Spanish naval forces, including the vessel Vigia and frigates Mendez Nunez and Blas de Lezo, as well as other Russian ...

Healey said the Yantar vessel was being "used for gathering intelligence and mapping the U.K.'s critical underwater infrastructure." "I also wanted President Putin to hear this message ...

Russian surveillance Yantar was shadowed by HMS Somerset on Jan. 22, 2025. UK Royal Navy Photo U.K. Defence Secretary John Healy revealed to Parliament on Wednesday that he had ordered a Royal ...

LONDON—For around a decade, the Russian spy ship Yantar has crossed the globe and loitered over undersea cables in what Western officials suspect is an attempt by the Kremlin to map vital ...

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. By Stephen Castle and ...

The vessel returned just months after loitering over UK critical undersea infrastructure. The Russian vessel Yantar, identified by the UK Department of Defence as a spy ship, has been monitored in the ...

John Healey told MPs he approved a mission targeting the Yantar, saying it was 'loitering over UK critical undersea infrastructure' at the time. The vessel scarpered to the Mediterranean ...

The vessel Yantar is considered by U.S. intelligence as a spy ship, and its presence near the Nordic country coincided with joint American-Norwegian drills involving personnel from a U.S. aircraft ...