A Gazprom tanker with machine guns and FSB agents on board is still classified as civilian shipping. Which tells you everything you need to know about how Russia reads international law — as a suggestion.
"The debate over Russia’s shadow fleet has intensified after investigations suggested some vessels may have direct links to Russian security structures.
"A report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) found that the Gazprom-owned LNG tanker Marshal Vasilevskiy, which supplies Russia’s Kaliningrad region, had been fitted with heavy machine guns positioned behind sandbagged firing positions.
"Journalists also identified several people aboard the vessel with Russian military backgrounds, raising further questions over the boundary between commercial shipping and military support."
Nice floating bomb you've got there, Vlad. It would be a shame if something were to...happen...to it
Bomb the boat.
Well, that makes it not a civilian vessel. Ukraine, if you’re listening….
A Gazprom tanker with machine guns and FSB agents on board is still classified as civilian shipping. Which tells you everything you need to know about how Russia reads international law — as a suggestion.
Openly invite Ukrainian sea drone operators to participate in „exercises „ in the Baltic Region.
"The debate over Russia’s shadow fleet has intensified after investigations suggested some vessels may have direct links to Russian security structures.
"A report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) found that the Gazprom-owned LNG tanker Marshal Vasilevskiy, which supplies Russia’s Kaliningrad region, had been fitted with heavy machine guns positioned behind sandbagged firing positions.
"Journalists also identified several people aboard the vessel with Russian military backgrounds, raising further questions over the boundary between commercial shipping and military support."
https://markchanner.substack.com/p/ukraine-warns-putin-his-shadow-fleet
Bomb the damn thing. Period.
The machine guns are placed to impress the creatures of the Kremlin.