Russia. Great Britain. Superjaches of Russian oligarchs in the service of the state. They were to spy on British submarines

Russia followed British atomic submarines through spy sensors located around the seas around Great Britain, “the Sunday Times said. Superjaches of Russian oligarchs were also to be involved in the spying of the ships.

Russia It was to arrange sensors to collect intelligence information on four British strategic vanguard submarines with atomic drive, equipped with nuclear warheads. One of these ships is always at sea as part of the so -called continuous sea scares – noted the “Sunday Times”.

He reported that this discovery “was recognized as a potential threat to national security”, but was never made public by the government. The weekly also informed that Russian unmanned machines were discovered near submarine communication cables.

She reminded that last year, the Russian spy ship Jantar was observed, equipped with special equipment enabling a deep sea mission, including mapping and damaging underwater infrastructure.

Superjachts in Russia's service

According to the Sunday Times, the British Ministry of Defense also received information that the Superjacht belonging to Russian oligarchs was to take part in underwater reconnaissance in the waters around Great Britain before the invasion of Russia at Ukraine in 2022.

“Several of these ships have so -called lunar pools, which can be secretly used to deploy deep and diving equipment,” the newspaper wrote. In addition, one of the British HMS Albion ships was to be observed by the Russian Superjacht in 2018 at Limassol at Cyprus.

“Tym -ranking military compare the technological battle for dominance under water to the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War,” Gazeta emphasized.

An appeal for investment in ships

Information revealed by the “Sunday Times” shows that Great Britain “It is in the gray area of ​​war with Russia,” commented the former official of the British Ministry of Defense Tobias Ellwood quoted by the daily “Guardian”.

According to him, the country is exposed to a threat from the sea, because “90 percent of British data comes from the sea, and 60 percent of gas comes from Norway with one line.” “So you can see how exposed we are,” said Ellwood, who called to increase the number of modern Proteus ships for monitoring and protecting underwater infrastructure.

“War is raging in the Atlantic”

As the Sunday Times pointed out, privately some jacket members estimate that in order to increase safety in the seas around the country, the United Kingdom should even restore the ability to put naval mines, which she has not done from the end of the Cold War.

– There should be no doubt, war is raging in the Atlantic. It is a game in a kitty and a mouse, which has been going on since the end of the Cold War, and now she is getting worse again – one of the military men told the newspaper.

According to the Sunday Times, the government in London is considering imposing on technology and energy companies the requirement of closer cooperation with the army and financing of underwater infrastructure protection.