Before NATO’s Kaliningrad ‘war’, Putin’s warships penetrate British waters in shocking provocation

Britain used an unarmed RAF Protector drone to monitor Russian naval activity in the English Channel during its first operational sorties in UK airspace. The aircraft provided more than ten hours of surveillance between late September and mid-October, working alongside Royal Navy warships and helicopters. The disclosed missions involved surveillance, with no weapons engagement reported. The package also examines the separate Kaliningrad blackout, which regional authorities attributed to a power-plant protection-system shutdown, against the backdrop of Russia–NATO tensions.