US seizes Russian oil tanker in North Atlantic |poster

USA (International) announced that the US European Command "in cooperation with the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, and in cooperation with the Department of Defense, detained the Russian tanker M/V Bella 1 (now Marinera) for violating US sanctions."

US seizes Russian oil tanker in North Atlantic

Self Service After a long chase by the Coast Guard with the help of London.Another Marine tanker in the Caribbean

Self Service After a long chase by the Coast Guard with the help of London.Another tanker is taken aboard by the Marines in the Caribbean

US European Command announced that "together with the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of Defense, they seized the Russian tanker M/V Bella 1 (now Marinera) for violating US sanctions" between Scotland and Iceland.The vessel, which was pursued for more than two weeks, was not carrying oil and was on its way to load oil in Venezuela.

The United States' operation, backed by the United Kingdom, is "part of an international effort to avoid sanctions", as British Defense Secretary John Haley said, stressing that the tanker had a "disgraceful history" and was "part of the Russian-Iranian axis of terror campaigns in the Middle East and Ukraine".

Moscow responded by denying the wrong job.a Russian Ministry of Transport, Shipment of the Law.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the ship, after sailing under a false flag, had been declared "unmarked" and was the subject of a court order for confiscation.

A few hours earlier, the US Southern Command also announced the seizure of another oil tanker linked to Venezuela, the M/T Sophia, which was "operating in international waters and committing illegal activities in the Caribbean Sea," Washington said.

And it won't end here.Donald Trump is “not afraid” to continue seizing oil tankers, Leavitt said, and promised to implement an embargo on all “shadow fleet” vessels transporting oil illegally, minimizing the risk of escalation with Russia and China and ensuring that the personal relationship between Trump and Vladimir Putin “will continue”.

After the seizure of two oil tankers, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio presented a plan for the near future of Venezuela, which includes imposing the will of the US on the transitional authorities.

The agreement apparently includes the nearly $3 billion deal announced by Trump.Venezuela plans to supply 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.The Venezuelan tycoon made the announcement in a post on Truth Social, a promise he had already made days after US special forces bombed the country.“I will manage the money,” the tycoon said, and again in La Verdade.“I will control that money to ensure it is used for the benefit of the Venezuelan and American people.”

Venezuela, in short, is clear from the demands placed on Venezuela's interim president, Delsey Rodriguez, that the administration must satisfy before producing more oil.

First, the country must sever economic ties with China, Russia, Iran and Cuba, agree to cooperate exclusively with the United States in oil production, and favor the United States in the sale of heavy crude oil.

According to an ABC source, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a private meeting with party colleagues that he believes the United States can force Venezuela's hand because its oil tankers are full and the country would only have a couple of weeks to become financially insolvent without selling its oil reserves.In addition, as a US official told Axios, the South American country must expel all "suspected spies and other intelligence agents" from arch-enemies China, Russia, Cuba and Iran.

WHO'S vision of how to govern Venezuela is questionable;This certainly means what Trump's most trusted adviser, Stephen Miller, said on CNN, expressing the idea of ​​international relations based on coercion: "We live in a world where we can talk all we want about morality and international rules, but the real world is governed by force, power and coercion."

01/08/2026, 01:28, the article has been updated