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a russian tanker approved us sailing through English channel Just 24 hours With British help, U.S. forces seized a similar ship.
this Tavianwhich is in us In 2024, the company sailed under a false name and Cameroonian flag for alleged involvement in illegal oil distribution.
Tracking data showed the ship was about 25 miles north of Guernsey on Thursday afternoon, heading toward the Gulf of Finland.
The move comes amid fears of Russian retaliation following mass seizures of Russian-flagged oil. tanker Just 24 hours ago. Donald Trump could clash with Vladimir Putin in two weeks of action, us Troops seized the ship after Related to Venezuela sailorWednesday in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Scotland with the assistance of British troops.
Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense think tank, describes Tavian Known as the “zombie ship” because it uses a “dead ship identity”.
“It was broadcasting the IMO number of a scrapped or deregistered ship, essentially trying to disguise itself as another unapproved ship. It changed its name and flag and claimed to be using a different identity to avoid detection,” he said.
The government has not denied it is tracking Tavian. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said: “The Minister of Defense said in Parliament yesterday that deterring, disrupting and degrading the Russian shadow fleet is a priority for this government. We will not comment on specific operational plans or comment on the live maritime traffic website.”
earlier, Pat McFaddenThe Work and Pensions Secretary insisted the UK would not be “deterred” amid fears the Kremlin could retaliate against the move. sailor.
“I don’t think we’re going to be afraid of Russia from doing the right thing,” he told the BBC. today program.
He said the UK was “very pleased” to take part in Wednesday’s operation.
“We don’t always comment on things where our military is involved, but we were pleased to be involved yesterday because we believe it’s in our national interest.”
minister of defense John Healy told MPs the ship had a “nefarious history” and was part of a “Russian-Iranian sanctions evasion axis that is fueling terrorism, conflict and suffering from the Middle East to Ukraine”.
He said the seizure was legal and tanker It was “stateless”, mistakenly flying the Guyanese flag when first intercepted, then changing its name and trying to adopt the Russian flag.
He said the UK supported the operation at the request of US President Donald Trump as part of a “global effort to combat sanctions breaches and shadow shipping activity”.
Britain later revealed that the British Armed Forces had provided support for the capture of the ship sailora Venezuelan-linked vessel formerly known as Bella-1Yesterday it moved north and east across the waters between Iceland and Scotland.
The interception of the ship comes amid growing tensions between Trump and Europe over the U.S. president’s repeated threats to take over Greenland.
The diplomatic spat erupted just days after U.S. troops entered Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro in an extraordinary show of U.S. military power. Mr. Maduro was taken to New York, where he faces charges of drug trafficking, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and “narco-terrorism.”
in response to seizure sailorthe Russian Ministry of Transport seemed to suggest that international maritime law had been violated.