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Al Carns, a defence minister, told MPs that the Russian spy ship Yantar, that has been operating in and on the edges of British waters, would not be allowed to go unchallenged.

Responding to an urgent question in the Commons, prompted by yesterday’s revelation that the Yantar has shone lasers at RAF pilots, Carns said:

We will not let the Yantar go unchallenged as it attempts to survey our infrastructure, and we will work with our allies to ensure that Russia knows that any attempt to disrupt or damage underwater infrastructure will be met with the firmest of responses.

It was a total car crash from start to finish. It’s mortifying talking about it still. It was embarrassing for the prime minister because then he’s got to obviously sort it out and he shouldn’t be put in that position and it’s not how he does his politics …

I think it put the prime minister in a horribly embarrassing position.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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