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Kremlin says Russia has right to defend itself from 'piracy' after report of warship escort near UK
The warship shadowed the tanker for 48 hours as Britain weighed seizing sanctioned vessels under 2018 sanctions powers.
- On Wednesday, the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich escorted two sanctioned tankers, Universal and Enigma, through the English Channel while the Royal Navy observed without attempting to seize them.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed last month to authorize special forces to seize Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers, yet the United Kingdom has not confiscated any vessels from the fleet of about 700 ships.
- Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin warned that seizing ships would be 'explosive,' while maritime experts note enforcement is impractical due to substantial resources required to intercept and berth such vessels.
- Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper stated today that the government has authorized action against the shadow fleet, though operational decisions remain with military commanders despite public criticism of the Navy's inaction.
- The deliberate escort by the Admiral Grigorovich demonstrates Russia's ongoing strategy to use its shadow fleet to fund its war machine, complicating UK and allied efforts to enforce sanctions.
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Admiral Grigorovich, 3.620 tons, armed with antinave missiles, from cruise and surface-to-air, sailed between Universal and Enigma, about 183 meters long, shortly after 9 am on Wednesday morning
The "Amiral Grigorovich" ship from the Black Sea fleet of the Russian Federation escorted the Russian Universal and Enigma oil, which carried the Russian oil at the end of the month, despite the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's promise to keep the fleet's phantom ships, reports The Telegraph.
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