Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found

Defence officials believe Trident nuclear fleet is latest target in Putin's greyzone' war with the UK

Britain is behind the curve" in tracking Russia's deep-sea operations, an ex-minister has said, after spy sensors targeting Royal Navy submarines were found in waters around the UK.

Tobias Ellwood, a former defence and Foreign Office minister, called for a huge expansion of the navy's surveillance capability after it was revealed that a number of Kremlin spy devices had been seized by the military.