Gli Stati Uniti sequestrano una petroliera battente bandiera russa nell’Atlantico dopo due settimane di inseguimento
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/russia-submarine-escort-shadow-fleet-tanker-us-sanctions
di MiniBrownie
Gli Stati Uniti sequestrano una petroliera battente bandiera russa nell’Atlantico dopo due settimane di inseguimento
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/russia-submarine-escort-shadow-fleet-tanker-us-sanctions
di MiniBrownie
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Two week pursuit That’s less an oil tanker chase, more like the world’s slowest episode of Fast & Furious.
At this point, it just seems that this country is absolutely feral, attacking everything, absolutely everything. I don’t understand how it even works.
Good. Article is interesting.
This Guardian article covers pretty well the complicated story behind this ship. It’s not as simple as “Venezuela-linked” as some other news outlets have reported. Here’s a TL;DR
* It was formerly known as *Bella 1* and has been under US sanctions since 2024.
* It was travelling from Iran to Venezuela. It was falsely flagged as a Guyanese vessel. (False flag means that it was not actually registered with Guyanese authorities)
* It never reached Venezuela. In December it suddenly turned back into the Atlantic attempting to evade US boarding.
* Then it was quickly renamed to *Marinera*, a Russian flag was painted on its hull and it was added to Russia’s official shipping registry.
* In the past weeks it has been crossing the Atlantic aiming for the gap between the UK and Iceland, while Russia has been requesting the US to stop its pursuit.
* Yesterday it was reported that the Russian navy had deployed a submarine to escort this tanker
Main takeaway is that whatever is on this ship it was very, very important for both US and Russia.
RAF and Norwegian assets have been swarming the tanker for a couple of days now.
Looks like a good op all things considered.
Good stuff, keep squeezing Putin!
Takes more than a Russian submarine to scare off a full blown pirate bully like Trump. He gets off on stealing lunch boxes, and anything oil related…
Wonder if we will find out what was on it. Russia was sending a submarine to escort it for some reason.
Interesting, what does that say about Russia. They stood down and let it happen, why bother sending a submarine to begin with?
Also, what does that mean for the relationship between Trump and Putin?
The wild dog has started biting everyone
I absolutely love this Trump/Putin cosy relationship break-up
Proof of alien life on that ship.
More of this, and less of bullying Allied countries, please.
As much as I dislike the Trump gangster admin, they show how it’s done with the Russian shadow fleet.
Europe doesn’t dare touch them in the Baltic sea, we could learn a thing or two here.
And this is why all the shit about Trump being Putin’s puppet is a lazy distraction and a way to excuse Trump for his own actions and motivations.
genuine question- HOW does a tanker crew repel an attempt for military to board the vessel?
for example- i can’t imagine the tanker is faster than the helicopters/ other boats. Do the crew threaten violence / shoot at them? Evasive manoeuvres?
can’t figure out why it’s hard to board
Jake Sullivan must be whimpering in terror in his closet right now.