John Healey warned Vladimir Putin ‘we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action’.

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months.

Royal Navy submarine used to warn off Russian spy ship loitering over cables - The nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Yantar to let the Russian ship know it was being watched.

A Russian spy ship entered British waters twice in recent weeks, prompting the UK to deploy Royal Navy ships, Royal Air Force planes and a submarine, Defence Secretary John Healey said.

In a message to Vladimir Putin, Defence Secretary John Healey said ‘we see you, we know what you are doing and we will not shy away from robust action to protect this country’

British Defence Secretary John Healey told parliament Wednesday the Royal Navy tracked a “Russian spy ship” that passed through UK waters, warning Russia’s President Vladimir Putin: “We know what you’

Moscow’s intelligence ship Yantar enters UK waters in ‘another example of growing Russian aggression’, according to the Defence Secretary

Britain said it monitored a Russian spy ship in the English Channel in recent days and would strengthen its response to secret operations by Russian ships and aircraft in an effort to protect undersea cables.

A British official sent a public warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after the Royal Navy started tracking the Russian spy vessel Yantar in British waters this week.