The development deepens the confrontation over the tanker formerly known as the Bella 1, which the United States wants to seize but which Russia has sought to protect.

US special forces have seized a rogue Russia-linked oil tanker with the help of the British military in a commando-style raid in the Atlantic. The rusting Marinera tanker, accused of breaching the

British forces are monitoring a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic after the vessel reportedly escaped the US Naval blockade of Venezuela.

"We see you." That was UK Defence Secretary John Healey’s defiant warning to Russia's President Vladimir Putin after his spy ship was spotted in UK waters this week. The ship, known as Yantar, is operated by a Russian Ministry of Defence agency and ...

A Russian submarine was discovered escorting the Yantar while it examined a gas pipeline running between Britain and Ireland last November

Plymouth-based HMS Somerset shadowed Russian research ship Yantar in the North Sea for eight days, from Nov. 5-11, 2025, as the vessel sailed northwards towards the Faroe Islands. Royal Navy photo A Russian research ship recently pointed lasers at Royal ...

The British navy said Thursday it tracked a Russian submarine navigating through the English Channel for three days, as it steps up efforts to police its seas against such threats. A British naval supply ship with an on-board helicopter was deployed to ...