Growing Fears Russia May Attack Britain’s Undersea Cables

Irish Sun: Fears Putin may be poised to attack Britain’s undersea cables as Royal Navy tracks ‘spy ship’ off UK coast 

THE Royal Navy is tracking a Russian "research" ship that has changed course off the UK coast following raised fears of sabotage on undersea cables. 

The provocative diversion of the Akademik Boris Petrov comes a day after the Shetland Isles suffered a phone and internet blackout caused by severed wires on the sea floor. 

The outage is thought to have been caused accidentally by a fishing trawler rather than by an act of aggression, defence sources said.  

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Update #1: Russian ship Akademik Boris Petrov expected to pass north of Ireland (Belfast Live)  

Update #2: Russian 'spy ship' tracked off UK coast sparks fears Putin may cut off World Wide Web (Daily Star)  

WNU Editor: The current location of the Akademik Boris Petrov can be tracked from here (link here).