ANOTHER SHADOW FLEET TANKER SIEZED! - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
Britain has now crossed a major line against Russia's shadow fleet: Royal Marines boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the English Channel. That matters because these ships help carry Russian oil, dodge sanctions, and keep Putin's war funded.
Britain intercepted and detained the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel during a six-hour operation involving Royal Marines, the National Crime Agency, Royal Navy warships, maritime helicopters, RAF patrol aircraft, and coordination with France. The video explains why this is a major step for the UK, how Russia uses hundreds of shadow fleet tankers with obscure ownership to move sanctioned crude, and why cutting into that network matters for funding Putin's war in Ukraine.
00:00 Britain Seizes a Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker
00:20 The Smyrtos Operation in the English Channel
01:17 Why the Shadow Fleet Matters
02:53 Starmer Frames the Operation as a Blow to Putin
04:04 Ukraine's Strikes Inside Russia
04:39 Zelensky: Europe's Fate Is Being Decided in Ukraine
04:57 Russian Discontent With Putin Keeps Rising
06:01 Kasparov Says Russia Is Considering Life After Putin
06:42 Russia Expands Bases Along NATO's Border
07:43 Tulsi Gabbard and the Ukraine Bio-Lab Claim
09:07 Ukraine Denies the Bioweapons Narrative
09:34 The Map Problem and Soviet-Era Pathogen Labs
10:50 Laura Loomer Joins the Criticism
11:29 Trump's Age and Older World Leaders
12:23 Iran, Hormuz, and a Possible Deal
13:01 Trump Must Pressure Putin