#Shadow Fleet
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![Russian Crew Members of Seized Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker Could Face US Prosecution]( "Russian Crew Members of Seized Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker Could Face US Prosecution")
![Russian Official Threatens Military Retaliation, Including Nuclear Response, After US Seizes Oil Tankers]( "Russian Official Threatens Military Retaliation, Including Nuclear Response, After US Seizes Oil Tankers")
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After US forces seized Russian-flagged oil tankers in international waters, a senior Russian lawmaker threatened military retaliation—including a possible nuclear response—signaling escalation in tensions between Moscow and Washington over sanctions enforcement at sea.![Illustrative image. The oil tanker Evana is docked at a pier at the El Palito refinery of the state oil company PDVSA, Venezuela, Puerto Cabello, December 21, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. The oil tanker Evana is docked at a pier at the El Palito refinery of the state oil company PDVSA, Venezuela, Puerto Cabello, December 21, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![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)")
