In Great Britain, they announced the pursuit of the Russian submarine "Varshavyanka", armed with "Caliber".

After NATO aircraft spent five days trying to locate a Russian diesel-electric submarine approaching the area where the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth was located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the British Ministry of Defense unexpectedly issued a provocative statement, according to which the Russian submarine was discovered in a timely manner. ... Allegedly, a pursuit was established for her and, in the end, the Russian submarine completely fled to the area of ​​the Russian military base in Tartus.

“It is not known whether the Russian submarine, (presumably a Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet), was caught off guard while monitoring British air operations, or was dispatched specifically to spy on HMS Queen Elizabeth. Two helicopters were taken into the air to hunt Merlin Mk2 submarines. Although the Defense Ministry declined to confirm the incident allegedly occurred on June 27, it said "tough measures" have been taken to protect the AUG, which is on its first operational deployment. ", - said in the message of "Telegraph" edition.

It should be noted that Russian submarines were indeed sent to the Mediterranean Sea region, located between the coast of Syria and Cyprus, however, they were not found. The current publication, which has the opposite information in the British media, only testifies to an attempt to create a provocation. Moreover, the data has not been confirmed by the UK Department of Defense.