British aircraft and warships identified a Russian attack submarine entering international waters in the High North several weeks ago, and tracked its activity around the clock.
Service personnel quickly established that the submarine was deployed as a distraction and the UK worked closely with allies – including Norway – to identify and monitor other Russian undersea naval units from the Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research (known as GUGI) conducting nefarious activity over critical undersea infrastructure elsewhere.
Please see below a declassified image of surface and sub-surface GUGI-associated vessels based at Olenya Guba in Russia, News Cover reports, citing the UK government's official website.
The UK and its allies began a campaign of overt action to ensure the Russian units knew that they were being monitored and were no longer covert as Putin had planned.
Both the GUGI units and the Akula class submarine have subsequently retreated home, having failed to complete their operation in secrecy.
