US seizes oil tanker for ‘defying Trump’s quarantine’

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The Panama-flagged vessel was intercepted as part of Washington’s effort to redirect sanctioned Venezuelan oil flows to new buyers US military forces intercepted and boarded a tanker that was sanctioned for carrying Venezuelan oil in the Indian Ocean overnight on Sunday, the Pentagon has announced. The US launched a military operation to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early January, and claims to have seized control of the country’s oil exports. Earlier this year, US President

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US seizes oil tanker for ‘defying Trump’s quarantine’ https://www.rt.com - 16.02.2026 13:48