US seizes Russian-flagged tanker in Atlantic as UK confirms it gave support to operation | BBC News

The US has seized a Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic linked to Venezuelan oil.

It also said it had apprehended a second tanker in the Caribbean in the “back-to-back” boarding of two “ghost fleet” ships.

The UK military supported the US operation to seize the tanker in the Atlantic, the Marinera, with air surveillance and a navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Moscow has said the tanker was only temporarily flagged to Russia, and that "no state has the right to use force against vessels properly registered in other countries' jurisdictions”.

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