Healey says UK monitored covert Russian submarine operation

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Defence Secretary John Healey says that in the last few weeks, Russia launched a covert submarine operation in Atlantic waters to the north of the UK. Healey says that the UK and allies have been monitored vessels designed to covertly disrupt "critical undersea infrastructure".    Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00In the last few weeks, while the eyes of many were trained on the Middle East, the UK, in partnership

00:07with Norway and other allies, have responded to increased Russian activity in the Atlantic, north of the UK.

00:17This operation involved a Russian Akula-class attack submarine and a concurrent deployment of two specialist submarines from Gugi. That's

00:28Russia's main directorate for deep sea research.

00:32In the last November, I outlined how these Gugi units, including the spy ship Yantar, are vessels directed by President

00:40Putin to conduct hybrid warfare activities against the UK and our allies, specifically around critical undersea infrastructure.

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