#Shadow Fleet
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![The vessel tanker Bella 1 in the Singapore Strait, after US officials say the US Coast Guard pursued an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela. (Source: US Coast Guard)]( "The vessel tanker Bella 1 in the Singapore Strait, after US officials say the US Coast Guard pursued an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela. (Source: US Coast Guard)")
![Illustrative image. The Russian nuclear submarine Dmitrij Donskoj sails under the Great Belt Bridge between Jutland and Funen through Danish waters, near Korsør, on July 21, 2017. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. The Russian nuclear submarine Dmitrij Donskoj sails under the Great Belt Bridge between Jutland and Funen through Danish waters, near Korsør, on July 21, 2017. (Source: Getty Images)")
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Russia has dispatched a submarine to protect a sanctioned oil tanker from its “shadow fleet” as the vessel attempts to evade interception by the United States Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean—an unprecedented escalation in Washington’s global crackdown on illicit oil shipments, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal .![The Hyperion oil tanker in the Russian port of Vladivostok on January 2, 2025. (Source: Marine Traffic)]( "The Hyperion oil tanker in the Russian port of Vladivostok on January 2, 2025. (Source: Marine Traffic)")
![A US Coast Guard helicopter flies by Bella 1, now named Marinera, in the Caribbean Sea. (Photo: open source)]( "A US Coast Guard helicopter flies by Bella 1, now named Marinera, in the Caribbean Sea. (Photo: open source)")
![The Russian cruide oil tanker Bella 1. (Source: VesselFinder)]( "US Coast Guard Halts Seizure of Sanctioned Oil Tanker After Russian Flag Appears")
![Security Service of Ukraine has targeted a Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in the Mediterranean Sea. (Source: hromadske)]( "Ukraine Launches First Successful Drone Attack on Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in Mediterranean")
