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It cites more than 500 incidents involving Russian activity, references exercises disrupting cable targeting, and notes warnings that saboteurs may face long jail terms and unlimited fines. 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cables  \nFor the next 10 miles,she sailed alongthe route ofanold,decommissioned tel-ecommunications cable.She thenreversed course and followed it back inthe opposite direction.  \nImmediately afterwards,Ship Cturned north-west and slowed as shecrossed two live cables:Google's GraceHopper,which runs between Britainand the US,and Amitié,linking Britainwith France and Spain.  \nByGareth Corfield,Ollie Corfe,  \nRozina Sabur and Tom Cotterill  \nThe cable passesthrough the“specialzone”,an area where the UK and FaroeIslands have overlapping exclusive eco-nomic zones.Until 2024,the Faroesexchanged some of their fishing quotawith Russia,giving Russian vesselsaccess to the shared waters.  \nRUSSIA is deploying its fishing fleet to  \nspy on the UK's critical undersea cables,  \nThe Telegraph can disclose.  \nCivilian vessels are being trackedby Nato as they carry out espionagefor Vladimir Putin in waters around Brit-ain.Ministers have confirmed that Mos-cowis using the “commercial proxies”tothreaten vital undersea infrastructure.  \nThere are growing warnings thatRussia is preparing to strike the criticalinfrastructure upon which Britaindepends.Last month,it emerged thatBritain had observed Russian subma-rines testing a secret new weapondesigned to disable critical cablesin theArctic waters off the Norwegian archi-pelago of Svalbard.  \nToday the Government will lay out  \nplans for cable saboteurs to face lengthy  \njail terms and unlimited fines as part of  \na security crackdown.  \nAnalysis by The Telegraph has uncov-ered more than 500 incidents in whichRussian trawlers loitered above vitalcommunications cables linking Britainwith Europe and the US,or followedtheir routes for miles.It suggests thatRussian vessels are mapping the preciselocations of fibre-optic cables carryingbillions of pounds of economic activity  \nAbout E65bn of UK economic activ-itydepends on subsea communicationscables carrying data between Britainand the US.Earlier this year,a Russianexercise targeting undersea cables inBritish waters was detected and dis-rupted by the Navy.British and Norwe-  \n'The hold could be easily  \n'We’re aware of what  \nthey're up to.Some of the  \nused forother activities  \nships have never seen a  \nto store an uncrewed  \nsurface vehicle’  \nsingle fish on their deck  \nevery day,potentially allowing them tobe attacked in a future conflict withNato.Such a move would risk paralys-ing the country by disrupting banks,hospitals,the transport network andmobile phones.  \ngian vessels tracked two of Moscow'sGugi submarines and an Akula-classattack submarine engaged in a month-long surveillance operation.In a mes-sage to the Kremlin,John Healey,thedefence secretary at the time,said:“Wesee you.”  \nThe cables'general routes are  \nknown,but any attack would require  \nGen Sir Gwyn Jenkins,the head ofthe Royal Navy,has warned that Russiacould attack Britain's undersea commu-nications cables from“day one”of aconflict with Nato.He warned that theNavy“must strengthen its warfightingreadiness”,amid concerns within theArmed Forces that Britain does not have  \naccurate knowledge of their exact posi-  \ntion on the seabed.  \nThe Telegraph analysed thousands ofhours of data that show the movementsof Russia's fishing fleet and found previ-ously undisclosed manoeuvres by sev-eral vessels that appear to positionthemselves over vital cables in theNorth Atlantic.  \ntern of activity directly above some of sian fishing boats spent 337 hours over  \nshe also appeared to perform a similar used for other activities to store an enough ships to defend itself.  \nmanoeuvre along the route of TAT-14,a uncrewed surface vehicle(USV)orLast year,a cross-party group of MPstions cable.Of those,322 hours were decommissioned telecommunications remotely operated vehicles(ROVs).”said that Britain had been\"too timid\"inlin is carrying ","cbCaioecFxtDRS7r","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioecFxtDRS7r","pdf",35769627,"English","# Putin's trawlers spy on Britain\n## Russian activity near UK critical undersea cables\n## Nato tracking and ministerial confirmations\n## Cable sabotage security crackdown","[{\"question\":\"What do the report’s tracking findings claim about Russian fishing vessels?\",\"answer\":\"The analysis claims Russian trawlers loitered above and followed routes of undersea communications cables, appearing to map precise locations of fibre-optic lines.\"},{\"question\":\"Which undersea cable routes are specifically mentioned?\",\"answer\":\"The text names cables such as Google’s Grace Hopper and Amitié, and describes areas where cables cross the North Atlantic linking Britain with the US and Europe.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the UK Government planning in response to the alleged threats?\",\"answer\":\"The Government is set to lay out plans for a security crackdown, including lengthy jail terms and unlimited fines for cable saboteurs.\"}]","The Daily Telegraph - 22 October 2026 - No 53,328 | PDF",1792796696,76]