The Russian warship had been escorting a cargo ship on its voyage from Syria through the English Channel and North Sea.

A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian task group sailing through the English Channel and the North Sea. HMS Somerset kept watch over the Russian corvette Boikiy for three da

Britain's Royal Navy said on Wednesday it monitored a Russian warship and merchant vessel this week on a voyage through the English Channel and North Sea.

The Boikiy naval corvette was escorting a larger cargo vessel, the Baltic Leader, carrying weapons believed to be destined for the Ukraine conflict through the English Channel

A Russian warship escorted a sanctioned cargo ship through the English Channel, prompting Royal Navy surveillance amid rising geopolitical tensions.

Dramatic pictures show Russian naval officers brandishing machine guns in the English Channel as they transport a sanctioned a cargo ship through British waters. Pictures taken by The Times show armed personel onboard the Russian Boikiy as it escorted cargo ship Baltic Leader on a journey from Syria to Russia.

A Russian warship has been sighted escorting a sanctioned cargo ship crewed by men in military fatigues through the English Channel with Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset monitoring.

Russian corvette Boikiy began escorting the Baltic Leader south of Torki at 5 a.m. on March 3. The movements of this Russian convoy were monitored by the British and Belgian navies. The British Royal Navy battleship HMS Somerset and the Belgian Navy’s NS Crocus continued to follow the convoy.