TheRoyal Navyspent every day last month monitoring one ofVladimir Putin’s warships as it sailed through UK waters. Four British ships and helicopters kept watch of the Admiral Grigorovich which escorted a number of Russian-flagged vessels passing through theEnglish Channel.
The frigate accompanied one submarine and around six merchant and support vessels during April, the Navy said. The vessels were heading to and from theAtlantic,Mediterraneanand Baltic. At least three were under economic sanction, reports say.
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It comes after British forces in late March were given the green light to intercept and detain sanctioned vessels, suspected of being inRussia’s so-called shadow fleet, travelling through UK waters.
DespiteSir Keir Starmer’s boarding threat, no vessels have been interdicted and continue to make the journey.
Elisabeth Braw, a security expert with the Atlantic Council thinktank, said the monitoring of the Admiral Grigorovich is “completely disproportionate”.
“Navies normally only escort vessels when there is a clear military threat, such as from the Houthis in the Red Sea,” she told The Guardian.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
