The Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom has not denied accusations that the Russian sensors have been hidden in the seas around Britain in an attempt to track nuclear submarines from the United Kingdom.
Andrei Kelin said that while he did not denied Russia trying to track British submarines, he rejected the idea that such activities presented a threat to the United Kingdom.
When asked on BBC One Sunday with Laura Kuessberg if she opposed the statements, Andrei Kelin said: “No.”
“I’m not going to deny it, but I wonder we really have interest in following all British submarines with very old obsolete nuclear eyelets … All these threats are extremely exaggerated,” he said.
Pressing even more by Kuensberg, the ambassador added: “I am denying the existence of threats to the United Kingdom. This is absolutely invented, there is no threat from Russia to the United Kingdom.”
Kelin’s admission continues An investigation published by The Sunday Times Earlier this month, detailing the discovery of the alleged Russian sensors in the seas around Great Britain.
In his research, The Sunday Times said it is believed that the devices were planted by Moscow to try to gather intelligence in the four avant -garde submarines of the United Kingdom, which transport nuclear missiles.
The British army discovered the existence of the devices and considered them a potential threat to national security, the document reported.
The devices have been characterized as part of a hybrid bee, or “gray zone”, fought by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Other activities of this war could include damage to infrastructure assets, such as energy pipes.
The accusations come later The Royal Navy launched images in March Or a Russian war ship that tracked navigation near British waters.
Called Boikiy, he is one of several Russian ships that has been tracked to sail near the British coast in recent months.
Defense Secretary John Healey told parliamentarians In January, the Royal Navy had monitored a Russian spy ship after it was seen around the waters of the United Kingdom: the battery of the boat, called Yantar, or Bee used to gather intelligence and map the underwater infrastructure of the United Kingdom.
The former Minister of Conservative Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tobias Ellwood, warned that the United Kingdom is “behind the curve” in monitoring Russian’s deep water operations.
Ellwood He told The Guardian Earlier this month, the use of sensors was “only half of history”, claiming that Russia has been established “remote marine bed platforms” of the Law of the United Kingdom Coast, the stations of the Rcherring law for doess or mini-submarines “to Mapy Sabbable Networks for Potworks”.
A spokesman from the Ministry of Defense told BBC News: “We are committed to caressing and improving the safety and resistance of critical underwater infrastructure.
“Just when the Secretary of Defense called the activities of the Russian spy ship and floating on our submarine cables, let those who threaten the United Kingdom or our allies have any doubt that we will defend our submarine infrastructure.”
Responding to the Sunday Times investigation into the sensors, a MOD spokesman said: “Together with our NATO expeditionary force allies and the joint expedition, we are strengthening our response to ensure that the Russian ships and airplanes cannot, to make the United Kingdom near the United Kingdom near the United Kingdom near near near near near near near near nearby, coordinating patrols with our allies.
“And our nuclear front continuum in the sea continues to patrol the oceans of the world without being detected as it has done for 56 years.”