It's known that England and its EU allies really, really, really want to "punish" Russia. It's also known that Trump doesn't agree.
So Starmer is upping the ante a bit. (He's also playing "man" for the cameras.)
British armed forces boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.
In an operation lasting six hours, Royal Marine Commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency intercepted the vessel and, for the first time, boarded it, supported by the RAF.
The vessel, Smyrtos, will be held and monitored off the south coast of England as investigations continue, the MoD said in a statement....
This will irk Putin, but it's not serious enough for anything more than a Strongly-Worded Letter.
Keep your eyes open. If Starmer plays "man" again with another Russkie asset, one of more value, you'll know that he's hoping for a Russkie response which may trigger the NATO mutual-defense clause.
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“you'll know that he's hoping for a Russkie response which may trigger the NATO mutual-defense clause. “
Maybe. Then again, perhaps not.
We need to pull out of Europe
We need to pull out of the Middle East
Russia is losing its war with Ukraine.
--Russia is running low on a key type of missile interceptor, sources tell CBS News, which could be helping Ukraine launch effective strikes deeper inside Russian territory as analysts note a possible changing of the tide in Kyiv's favor more than four and a half years into the war.
Moscow is experiencing a shortage of S-300 missile interceptors, three Ukrainian officials familiar with the country's intelligence estimates have told CBS News. The S-300, a surface-to-air missile system designed by the Soviet Union during the 1960s and 70s, has traditionally served as a vital component of Russia's air defenses against cruise and ballistic missiles.--
The U.S. has been instrumental despite Trump's bumbling.
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