The Russian spy ship Yantar is operating on the edge of UK waters and has directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities, Defence Secretary John Healey said.
Healey said Britain was “ready” to respond, with “military options” drawn up if the ship heads south, in a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The vessel, designed for gathering intelligence and mapping crucial undersea cables, is loitering off the northern coast of Scotland, having entered wider UK…
