Russian satellites have been stalking British military satellites, according to the head of the UK Space Command.

Axar.az informs in an interview with the BBC, Maj Gen Paul Tedman has for the first time set out the level of interference from Moscow against the UK's space-based assets.

He said Russia had also been trying to jam the UK's military satellites with ground-based systems every week.

Last month Germany's Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, said Russia had been shadowing satellites used by their military.

Gen Tedman gave details of how Russia was doing the same to the UK. "They're interested in what we're doing and flying relatively close," he said.

"They've got payloads on board that can see our satellites and are trying to collect information from them."

Gen Tedman said UK military satellites had been fitted with counter-jamming technologies but added: "We're seeing our satellites being jammed by the Russians on a reasonably persistent basis."

When asked how often, he replied "weekly". It was, he said, deliberate and the activity had increased since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Britain has half a dozen dedicated military satellites in orbit providing communications and surveillance.

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