MOSCOW, May 4 UK sends frigate equipped with anti-ship missiles , to monitor Russian ships that allegedly got too close to Britain, the Sun newspaper reported, citing a defense source. Evidence for this is not provided.
“The Royal Navy has deployed a warship to follow the Russian armada lurking perilously close to the UK… The Type 23 frigate has sailed into the North Sea to monitor Russian warships capable of carrying nuclear weapons and trying to stage a show of force before the coronation of King Charles,” it says. in the report of the publication, the evidence is not given.
On Thursday, five Russian warships and two support vessels appeared near British waters, all allegedly equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, according to the publication. In particular, the newspaper names the frigate «Admiral Grigorovich», the corvettes «Savvy», «Stoykiy» and «Odintsovo», as well as the tanker «Kama» and the tugboat «Grebelsky».
A British defense source told the newspaper that the leadership was «aware of a small number of Russian ships conducting exercises near the UK and is closely monitoring the situation.» Now, however, according to the Sun, the British Navy has decided to send a frigate equipped with Harpoon anti-ship missiles to track Russian ships.
According to another source in the field of defense, the actions of the Russian ships are allegedly a deliberate show of force, which is specially carried out on the eve of the coronation, the publication says.
Earlier in April, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that after Finland joins NATO and the alliance's line of contact with Russia's borders is increased, the situation in Northern Europe will change dramatically, and Moscow will be forced to take military-technical and other retaliatory measures to eliminate threats. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation.