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

The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship which has been spotted in British waters. Navy sources said the warship was spotted moving through the English Channel and North Sea this week as it accompanied a merchant vessel named 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.

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

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.

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.

A Russian cargo ship has passed through the English Channel under the protection of a war ship, new pictures reveal. The Baltic Leader was pictured by the Times on March 3 sailing through the Dover Strait, having picked up weapons from Syria on February 28.