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Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

Royal Navy sub used to warn off Russian spy ship, Healey tells MPs

A Royal Navy submarine has been used to warn off one of Vladimir Putin’s spy ships operating around UK waters.

Defence Secretary John Healey gave details about the activities of the Yantar, which he said the Russians “used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure”.

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