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Lance Corporal George Thomas Hooley, a highly rated British paratrooper with deployments in Afghanistan, Africa and Eastern Europe, has been named as the UK service member killed in an accident in Ukraine while observing tests of a new defensive capability. Here is what is known so far about his life,…

Lance Corporal George Hooley died on Tuesday morning while observing Ukrainian forces testing a new defensive capability.

First Sea Lord General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said there was ‘no room for complacency’ while Moscow invests heavily in its northern fleet.

It comes days after the foreign secretary warned that Putin represents ‘an active threat to Britain’s citizens, our security and our prosperity’

Warships, submarines, underwater and surface drones, as well as patrol aircraft, will be deployed under Atlantic Bastion

NATO's senior expert on cyber and hybrid threats said last year that persistent attacks on undersea cables across Europe is "the most active threat" to Western infrastructure.

The deal is aimed at protecting critical undersea cables, which the UK and its Nato allies believe are under increasing threat from Moscow.

The warships will monitor Russian naval movements in the waters

The Royal Navy intercepted Russian vessels in the English Channel amid warnings over espionage threats to UK undersea cables and military operations.