For the first time in history: the British Navy intercepted a warship of the Russian Federation on the direct order of NATO, — Sky News

Share: The Russian destroyer "Vice Admiral Kulakov" was passing in the North Sea when it was intercepted and escorted by the Royal Navy of Great Britain. This is the first time in history that a British warship has carried out such an operation on the direct orders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "Vice Admiral Kulakov" passed through the English Channel. His movements were monitored for more than 48 hours.

This was reported by Sky News on October 22 with reference to sources in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. The British ship HMS Duncan was deployed by NATO Naval Command. A Type 45 destroyer and a Wildcat helicopter were brought in for surveillance, which were urgently dispatched to perform the operation.

"This is the first time that a warship of the Royal Navy has received a task directly from the command of the alliance to carry out such an operation, a representative of the Navy said," writes Sky News. The operation to monitor the Russian ship lasted from last Friday, October 17, to Sunday, October 19. The NH90 of the Netherlands Air Force and the French Navy were also involved in tracking "Vice Admiral Kulakov".

The Minister for the Armed Forces of Great Britain, Al Carnes, commented on the incident. He declared the readiness of the fleet to respond to any threats from Russian ships. "Vice Admiral Kulakov" is a large anti-submarine destroyer of the 1155 project, named after the Soviet naval commander and vice admiral Mykola Kulakov. According to the NATO classification, this is a destroyer of the "Udaloi" class. The destroyer was first adopted in 1981.