6 h. ago Russian tanker involved in dramatic raid pictured as it reaches Britain

The Marinera, which was raided last week for allegedly violating US sanctions, has been escorted to Moray Firth in Northern Scotland, where it has now dropped anchor

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6 h. ago Russian captain did 'absolutely nothing' to stop ship from 'obvious collision course' with oil tanker which killed one crew member, court hears

Vladimir Motin, 59, was on sole watch duty when his vessel smashed into the US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate, causing the death of Mark Angelo Pernia, 38.

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8 h. ago Russian shadow fleet oil tanker drops anchor three miles off coast of Scotland days after it was seized in US commando

The Marinera was spotted off Burghead near Lossiemouth on the Moray coast.

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8 h. ago ‘Russian’ shadow tanker seized by US forces escorted to Scots coast after daring raid that risked major Putin clash

The tanker seized in the North Atlantic last week by the US military has been taken to the Moray Firth in Northern Scotland. The ship was towed by three UK tugs followed by a US coastguard ship. The Marinera, a Venezuelan-linked vessel previously known as Bella-1, was captured on Wednesday by US forces as it...

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9 h. ago Russian oil tanker seized by US is escorted into Scottish waters

The vessel, known for transporting Venezuelan crude oil, has been escorted into Scots waters.

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16 h. ago Russian shadow fleet ships could be seized by British forces

Development comes after the UK supported a US operation to seize a Russian flagged tanker in the North Atlantic

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61 h. ago Putin's week of 'humiliation' at the hands of Trump: Experts explain how Russian dictator has been 'put in a corner' by Atlantic ship raid and Maduro capture as US flexes its muscles around the world

Donald Trump has put Vladimir Putin 'in a corner' by taking Venezuela's leader prisoner and storming a Russian oil tanker this week, experts have said. 

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4 d. ago Britain is 'absolutely willing' to do more after its involvement in seizing Russian

The presence of the rusting, 100,000-tonne vessel set the scene for another dramatic Special Forces raid on the high seas, if the US President chooses to intervene.

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5 d. ago Russian tanker spotted sailing through English Channel just hours after dramatic raid

The Tavian ship from Vladimir Putin's 'shadow fleet' has been spotted sailing through the English Channel just 24 hours after a dramatic UK and US raid on the Marinera

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5 d. ago Two oil tankers under US sanctions sailing through Channel towards Russia

Aria and Tia both south of Britain after US-UK seizure of Marinera, deemed to be part of Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’Two oil tankers under US sanctions are sailing east through the Channel towards Russia, prompting speculation over whether the US and UK would be willing to seize further vessels linked to Moscow.The Aria and the Tia, which has changed its name and country of registration several times, were both travelling south of Britain a day after the Marinera oil tanker was captured in the Atlantic by the US with UK help. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago US military aircraft pictured at Scots airport during Russian oil tanker seizure

American aircrafts landed in Wick as part of a military operation in the North Atlantic.

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5 d. ago Russia warns UK and US 'don't play games with us' as World War 3 fears rise

After the US and UK forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Atlantic for breaching Iranian oil sanctions, Russian lawmakers have demanded Putin launch torpedo attacks and threaten nuclear escalation

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5 d. ago Russian ‘zombie’ tanker sanctioned by US sails through English Channel

The Tavian’s route comes a day after Britain helped US forces capture a Russian-flagged vessel the Marinera, previously linked to Venezuela, between Iceland and Scotland

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5 d. ago Moscow says US seizure of Russian tanker risks military escalation at sea

Russia’s foreign ministry accuses Washington of lowering the ‘threshold for use of force’

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5 d. ago Russian tanker sanctioned by US sailing through English Channel

The Tavian’s route comes a day after Britain helped US forces capture a Russian-flagged vessel the Marinera, previously linked to Venezuela , between Iceland and Scotland

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5 d. ago Sanctioned Russian oil tanker 'spotted sailing through English Channel' a day after US seized another rogue ship off Iceland

The ship was sanctioned by the US when it was named Tia in 2024, but it is now sailing under a false name.

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5 d. ago UK was ‘absolutely willing’ to support US in seizing Russian tanker – minister

Douglas Alexander said the ship seized in water between Iceland and Scotland was ‘part of the shadow fleet that funds Russia’s war effort in Ukraine’.

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: time to move together, faster and further | Editorial

The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for 2026 was to talk more about the domestic issues that concern British voters. Donald Trump knocked that plan off course. US intervention in Venezuela inevitably demanded the prime minister’s attention, as did this week’s summit of Ukraine’s allies, the “coalition of the willing”, in Paris. Progress towards agreeing security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace deal with Russia was overshadowed by Mr Trump restating his ambition to wrest control of Greenland from Denmark. The dust had not settled when American special forces boarded a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters, ostensibly to enforce a blockade against Venezuela.Prime ministers have to multitask, but under these circumstances it is understandable if Sir Keir’s mind has been filled with foreign affairs. He should be used to this by now. Mr Trump’...

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6 d. ago Oil blockades, a two week chase and ‘outright piracy’: All we know about blacklisted supertanker seized by US

The Marinera, registered under a Russian flag, is the third sanctioned tanker the US has seized in recent weeks, Alex Croft reports

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6 d. ago Tensions flare as Russian lawmaker accuses US of PIRACY after Trump's forces seize two ships in daring raids: Live updates

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed that the 'blockade' of sanctioned Venezuelan oil remains in 'full effect' after the US secured a Russian-flagged oil tanker in European waters.

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