John Healey 'welcomes' seizure of Russian-flagged tanker

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Defence Secretary John Healey told the Commons in an emergency statement on Wednesday "by assisting our US allies in taking this ship off the seas we are protecting the British people and our nation".   Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Meanwhile, more widely across Europe, we're seeing a pattern of flagrant maritime activity coordinated by Russia.

00:08So I applaud and welcome the fact that the Finnish authorities seized a Russian shadow vessel

00:12suspected of damaging a communications cable under the Gulf of Finland last week.

00:18And we've exposed the Russian spy ship Yantar operating in our waters, surveying our undersea cables.

00:25And of course, by assisting our US allies in taking this ship off the seas, we are protecting the British people and our nation.

00:36So this is a stark reminder that our world is changing.

00:41It is less predictable and more dangerous.

00:45And this operation and the shadow fleet show the global links between the security threats faced by the UK and its allies.

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