British and Norwegian warships to hunt Russian submarines

Keir Starmer and the Norwegian PM Jonas Støre will meet P-8 maritime patrol aircraft crews who have been tracking rising numbers of Russian vessels lurking in British waters

British and Norwegian warships will hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic to counter the rising threat from Moscow.

Under a new defence pact, the Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy will operate an interchangeable fleet of British-built Type-26 frigates to patrol the waters between Greenland, Iceland and the UK. Keir Starmer will visit RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland today with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre, to meet P-8 maritime patrol aircraft crews who have been tracking rising numbers of Russian vessels lurking in British waters.

There has been a 30% surge in Russian ships spotted entering UK water