This Wednesday, January 22, the British Ministry of Defense declared that the “Russian spy ship” Yantar had been monitored and tracked in the English Channel by the Royal Navy. A few weeks ago, the Yantar had already been spotted above undersea cables.

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.

"We see you." That was UK Defence Secretary John Healey’s defiant warning to Russia's President Vladimir Putin after his spy ship was spotted in UK waters this week. The ship, known as Yantar, is operated by a Russian Ministry of Defence agency and officially carries out oceanographic research.