British Troops Board Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker In Unprecedented Action

“If it does continue happening, it will be a big blow to Russia’s war chest.” Royal marine commandoes have boarded a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning, in a decisive move that could signal the first of many operations aimed at disrupting the passage of oil tankers off Britain’s coasts, says The Sunday Times’s defence correspondent Dominic Hauschild. Dominic Hauschild was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/