A Royal Navy helicopter, patrol planes and HMS Somerset tracked Russian ships bristling with guns 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 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 Russian warship has been sighted escorting a sanctioned cargo ship crewed by men in military fatigues through the English Channel with Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset monitoring.

A Russian cargo ship has passed through the English Channel under the protection of a war ship, new pictures reveal. The Baltic Leader was pictured by the Times on March 3 sailing through the Dover Strait, having picked up weapons from Syria on February 28.

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.

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

The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship which has been spotted in British waters. Navy sources said the warship was spotted moving through the English Channel and North Sea this week as it accompanied a merchant vessel named Baltic Leader on a journey from Syria to Russia.

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

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.

A Russian warship has been spotted escorting a cargo ship carrying military hardware in the English Channel. The Baltic Leader, a cargo ship previously sanctioned by the US for transporting weapons for the Russian military,