The White House has dramatically escalated its confrontation with the Kremlin by stepping up attempts to capture a sanctioned oil tanker as it’s accompanied by Russian military vessels.
Just south of Iceland in the Atlantic, U.S. military and Coast Guard forces are currently engaged in a rapidly unfolding operation to seize the vessel, now known as the “Marinera” after a hasty name change, The Wall Street Journal reports. A second tanker is reportedly subject to similar efforts off the northern coast of South America.
U.S. forces have been pursuing the Marinera for at least two weeks as part of an ongoing blockade of sanctioned ships in waters near Venezuela.
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