HMS Severn headed off the warship and a tanker as they sailed west through the Dover Strait, the Ministry of Defence said.

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said HMS Severn intercepted a corvette and a tanker, named RFN Stoikiy and Yelnya respectively, as they sailed west through the Dover Strait in the past fortnight

HMS Severn intercepted Russian warship RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya off the UK coast in a shadowing operation in the past fortnight, the Ministry of Defence said.

The British Royal Navy intercepted two Russian warships near the English Channel, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.

The British Royal Navy announced on Saturday that two Russian spy ships were detected in the English Channel. The Russian corvette RFN Stoikiy and tanker Yelnya were sailing west through Dover when the British military intercepted them.

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