British warships in show of force to Russian vessel

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British warships in show of force to Russian vessel

The Royal Navy closely monitored a Russian naval task group, consisting of two landing ships and four other vessels, as they transited the English Channel this week, according to a press release. HMS Iron Duke, HMS Tyne, the support ship RFA Tideforce, and a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron tracked every move of the Russian ships—RFS Aleksandr Otrakovskiy, RFS Ivan Gren, merchant vessels Sparta, Sparta II, General Skobelev, and oil…

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More and more tankers of the so-called Russian shadow fleet drive through the narrowed channel at the construction site to Fehmarnbeltquerung. A safety risk, says risk expert Carsten Baeck.

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RFA Tideforce shadows Russian naval vessels in the English Channel

Another Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker has joined Royal Navy vessels monitoring Russian warships and merchant ships transiting close to the UK. On 11 and 12th February, RFA Tideforce was involved in a multi-national operation to watch Russian ships sailing between their Baltic or Northern Fleet bases and the Mediterranean. The group of ships transiting eastward […] The post RFA Tideforce shadows Russian naval vessels in the English Channel first a…