3 h. ago Russian sabotage submarines capable of destroying seabed cables 'are ready to be deployed to British waters', Royal Navy chief warns

The stark warning came as the First Sea Lord revealed that Russia's Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research, known as GUGI, is back in action after a period of problems and delays.

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6 d. ago What World War Three could look like in UK as NATO chief warns of Russia threat

NATO chief Mark Rutte has warned the UK faces the "greatest military threat of a generation" as expert predicts three stages of potential conflict from Russian sabotage to occupation

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1 week ago Former Navy chief issues warning over ‘horrifying’ British submarines amid Russia threat

Labour peer Lord West of Spithead said the silent service was in its worst condition across his 60 years of military service

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2 w. ago UK will stay ahead of Putin to ‘secure the underwater battle space’, Royal Navy chief says

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

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2 w. ago A warning over lack of submarines: Our defences are now 'stretched' in the North Atlantic, admits Navy chief

A chronic shortage of Royal Navy submarines risks letting Vladimir Putin dominate the North Atlantic, the First Sea Lord has admitted.

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2 w. ago Swedish navy encountering Russian submarines ‘almost weekly’ – and more could be on the way

Moscow ‘continuously reinforcing’ its presence in the region, says Swedish chief of operations Capt Marko PetkovicThe Swedish navy encounters Russian submarines in the Baltic Sea on an “almost weekly” basis, its chief of operations has said, and is preparing for a further increase in the event of ceasefire or armistice in the Ukraine war.Capt Marko Petkovic said Moscow was “continuously reinforcing” its presence in the region, and sightings of its vessels were a regular part of life for the Swedish navy. Its “very common”, he said, adding that the number of sightings had increased in recent years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Livid’ Tunbridge Wells residents forced to boil water after supplies finally return

Residents of the royal town have been left without water for six days because of a ‘bad’ batch of chemicals

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2 w. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war if Europe starts it, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress

Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress

Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Russian spy ship lurking in UK waters tried to jam Royal Navy frigate's GPS systems

Defence Secretary John Healey last week revealed the research vessel Yantar had been spotted lurking north of Scotland and attempted to blind RAF pilots using military-grade lasers.

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