British Navy Shadows Russian Warships After Spotting ‘Unusually High Levels of Activity’

The British Royal Navy's HMS Tyne shadows the Russian corvette Steregushchiy, in UK waters, in this undated handout obtained March 26, 2020. Royal Navy/Handout via Reuters

Britain’s Navy said on Thursday it had shadowed seven Russian warships after detecting high levels of activity by Russian vessels off its coastline.

“The Navy has completed a concentrated operation to shadow the Russian warships after unusually high levels of activity in the English Channel and North Sea,” the Royal Navy said in a March 26 statement.