HMS Sutherland, pictured front, is monitoring four Russian vessels as they pass through the English Channel on their way back to base having been on patrol in the Mediterranean. The vessels included the the Missile Cruiser Marshall Ustinov, top left, which was sailing astern of the tanker Vyazma, top centre
Daily Mail: Red Alert! Three Royal Navy ships and two choppers keep close eye on Russian warships passing through the English Channel en route home from the Med
* Four Russian naval vessels were escorted through the English Channel earlier by the Royal Navy
* The Udaloy-class destroyer and a Slava-class missile cruiser were followed by two support vessels
* Two Royal Navy helicopters as well as three vessels monitored the Russians heading into the North Sea
* The Russians are expected to arrive at the port of Severomorsk in the Murmansk Oblast later this month
The Royal Navy has completed a five-day operation escorting Russian warships through the English Channel.
The RFS Admiral Kulakov destroyer is returning home from the Mediterranean with fellow warships from the Russian navy's Northern Fleet.
Three Navy ships and two helicopters were involved in keeping a close watch on four Russian vessels as they made their way up the Channel and into the North Sea, the Navy confirmed on Monday afternoon.
Plymouth-based frigate HMS Sutherland led the Royal Navy effort to monitor the force - RFS Marshall Ustinov, a Slava-class missile cruiser, RFS Admiral Kulakov a Udaloy-class destroyer and their support vessels Sliva, an ocean-going tug and tanker Vyazma - as the group sailed up from the Bay of Biscay having completed a deployment to the eastern Mediterranean.
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