Britain's Royal Navy said on Wednesday it monitored a Russian warship and merchant vessel this week on a voyage through the English Channel and North Sea. HMS Somerset, which has conducted similar operations involving Russian vessels in the past,

A HEAVILY armed Russian warship has been spotted escorting a huge sanctioned cargo vessel through the English Channel in Moscow’s latest move. It comes as Russia has been ramping up weapons

A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian task group sailing through the English Channel and the North Sea. HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three da

A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian vessel as it sailed through the English Channel and the North Sea. HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three days as it escorted merchant vessel Baltic Leader on its voyage from Syria.

The Boikiy naval corvette was escorting a larger cargo vessel, the Baltic Leader, carrying weapons believed to be destined for the Ukraine conflict through the English Channel

A Royal Navy helicopter, patrol planes and HMS Somerset tracked Russian ships sailing through the English Channel and North Sea. The UK carried out a three-day operation monitoring the Russian task group in UK waters.

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset deployed a Merlin helicopter to "to gather valuable information from the sky," as the Russian vessels transited the English Channel from Syria.