US EditionUK supported US mission to seize Russian-flagged oil tanker, MoD says
UK forces provided surveillance and logistical support enabling US Coast Guard to seize the Russian-flagged Marinera tanker, part of sanctions-evasion linked to Iran and Hezbollah.
- On Wednesday, U.S. forces seized the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera in North Atlantic waters between Iceland and the UK, with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence providing RAF surveillance aircraft and RFA Tideforce support.
- U.S. European Command said the seizure targeted alleged sanctions breaches, describing the Marinera as part of a 'dark fleet' that evaded a U.S. naval blockade last month.
- U.S. Coast Guard tactical teams led the boarding operation as a helicopter boarding party descended on the Marinera's deck, supported by USS Bulkeley and USS Paul Ignatius after the crew refused to stop on Wednesday.
- A senior Russian lawmaker called the action `outright piracy` as Russia accused the U.S. of violating maritime law; U.S. officials said Marinera's crew face prosecution and the U.S. Coast Guard is escorting the tanker.
- The seizure is part of a wider U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuela, including a naval blockade and earlier this month’s operation to remove President Maduro, while the MoD linked the Marinera to Hezbollah-related illicit activity.
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Trump seizes Russian-flagged tanker, plunders Venezuelan oil, threatens to attack Greenland
In the aftermath of Saturday's US attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration has unleashed a global looting operation, seizing a Russian-flagged tanker on the high seas in a stand-off with the Russian navy, announcing the plunder of billions of dollars in Venezuelan oil and categorically asserting that a military attack on the territory of NATO ally Denmark to seize Greenland is an "op…
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — The U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic was seen by some as a unilateral move by a U.S. government prioritizing its own country with little regard for the opinions of other nations. But Britain hails it as an example of transatlantic cooperation in support of international norms.
Did Trump and Starmer break international law with tanker seizure?
The US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker, with British military support, in the North Atlantic may have violated international law, legal experts tell Declassified. “Overall, there would appear to be no credible basis in law for this interdiction,” Douglas Guilfoyle, professor of international law at the University of New South Wales in Sydney said. The US Coast Guard intercepted the Marinera early Wednesday afternoon as it travelled in …
Navy destroyers helped the US catch a Russian-flagged oil tanker on the run in the Atlantic
USS Bulkeley, one of the destroyers involved in the seizure, sails in the Atlantic Ocean.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan NyeTwo US Navy destroyers helped American forces board and seize a runaway oil tanker in the Atlantic.A defense official said USS Bulkeley and USS Paul Ignatius "supported" the operation.The Russia-flagged tanker was captured on Wednesday after a weekslong chase across the ocean.Two US Navy de…
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