British Royal Marines have conducted an operation to board and secure a tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.” These shadow fleet vessels are often used to bypass international sanctions and transport oil globally under obscure ownership and insurance. The intervention highlights increasing efforts by Western allies to enforce maritime sanctions and address the security and environmental risks posed by unregulated shipping networks linked to Moscow.
- Royal Marines intercepted and boarded a tanker identified as part of the Russian shadow fleet.
- The shadow fleet consists of older, under-insured vessels utilized to evade Western oil price caps and sanctions.
- The action reflects a tightening of maritime enforcement by the United Kingdom and its allies.
- Unregulated tankers present significant environmental hazards and safety risks in international shipping lanes.
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lol for the cameras. wtf are you playing at. we love russia.
Ну тупые
It was not a Russian shhip and the sanctions are iillegal as was the British boarding action .
Pirates of Penzance productions presents…
One of these days they are going to try this nonsense on a ship with a few mercenaries and shoulder-launched missiles.
Bravo Zulu. With 2 aircraft carriers.
All a political stunt and a distraction from Starmer's failures.
putin's gang is targeting Kyiv?! Explosions without stopping! After speaking to Trump russia encouraged?! Why do they have a lot of money?! 🇺🇦
Is kier makiing us a target international waters !!
The British Navy commands the 7 seas. Don't you swabbies or Ruskies ever forget that. Save the queen ( er KIng or whatever).
I'm American and I have to say, the quality of comments here far surpasses when we produce domestically.
Try the rubber ones ffs
Pm says yes let’s just ignore the Rdgimf in Iran drug lords trafficking heroin and concentrate on a ship they don’t even Know is Russias for publicity. As bad as pm trying to take An ounce of credit for deal I. Iran 🥴😂😂💩🐍
Oh now suddenlly Starmer can order the marines to stop a boat, wrong boat Starmer the real enemy is already here.
the Russian /foreign crew should immediately claim asylum in UK, saying Putin will kill them if they are deported. Britain is more scared of refugees rather than oil tankers of Russia..hahhaah UK wont dare do any piracy like that again
The United States, which sanctioned Russia for invading Ukraine, then lifted those sanctions to clean up the mess caused by its own war against Iran. When Russia attacks Ukraine, international law becomes sacred scripture. When the US and Israel attack Iran, international law becomes "complex". Funny how that works!
A ridiculous stunt from a failing, cowardly regime! Piracy in an international seaway!
Starmer's defence ministers resign , then all of a sudden this happens , is it a coincidence ? i thought I was watching an episode from " Yes Prime Minister " when Humphrey thinks of a plan to boost the Prime Ministers rating with the general public.
Jokers indeed 😅😅😅
Shame they can't defend our own shoreline
Shouldn't the BBC correct the headline now?? How about this – "Royal Marines Take Control Of Cameroonian Tanker" ??
This also gives Russia the right to target anywhere in England territories,,this is Starmer trying to get us attacked,this war has nothing to do with us and there we are making the British people a target.Russia will retaliate.
Thank you to all the British True patriots involved. The Moscow-Washington alliance will not prevail!
Dead cat strategy of rose?
Racist publicly outing themselves as uneducated or religious extremists.
Britiain is weak this is smoke and mirrors
Would have been funny if it was full of Spetznaz ….last time i checked this was called piracy
So that means Russia can board British ships too then aye. You know one law for all and all. 😂
No it’s illegal, but these pontificating nations GBR, EU, US act like it’s ok. If the same thing happened to them it would be a different story.
😂😂😂 it's a 👻 ship they have just boarded a lump of scrap if this country couldn't become anymore of a joke and anyone find the timing a tad strange
Distraction tactics to take our minds of the defence spending
Fake.
Hard for Putin to complain if Russia doesn't own it
The Royal Marines should be very careful what actions they take, because Starmer and Hermer will prosecute them for war crimes. The Russian crew only have to accuse the Marines and Starmer and Hermer will pounce on them and put them in prison, despite the fact that Starmer sent them. The UK doesn’t need enemies these days, we have them from within, Starmer, Blair and Hermer to name only a few, the entire Labour Party hates its own country, and countrymen, imho.
totally staged propaganda
Concern over Iranian government kilking their own, does this apply to those carrying out hannibal directives.
The action call pirate
Good to see. Now how about boarding the dinghys in the channel and arresting them. Illegally entering a countries territory with no documentation is a criminal offence. Same as this.
We can stop a Cameroon ship with piracy but seen to be completely flummoxed on how to stop a small dinghy from landing illegally.😂😂😂
Just more wind and piss to divert from their border less bollocks
Using the military as a political distraction. How low can you get?