As stated in the press release of the British Navy, the Defender destroyer was sent to monitor the Admiral Gorshkov frigate and three auxiliary ships while they were passing near British territorial waters.

It is noted that Defender monitors the Russian group and its actions.

On the eve it was reported that a detachment of Russian ships and ships led by the new Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov, equipped with Caliber missiles, had begun to pass the English Channel.