The Venezuelan tanker hastily painted a Russian flag on its side after fleeing US blockade in the Caribbean Sea

The Venezuelan tanker hastily painted a Russian flag on its side after fleeing US blockade in the Caribbean Sea

British military are reportedly among Nato forces tracking the tanker

The planes’ arrival comes as US jets pursue a sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker now flying under a Russian flag near the British coast

Video appears to show a US Coast Guard ship sailing close to the Marinera, an empty oil tanker that has been trying to evade a US blockade near Venezuela. Footage published by…

The Marinera, registered under a Russian flag, is the third sanctioned tanker the US has seized in recent weeks, Alex Croft reports

British armed forces supported Washington’s dramatic capture of the Marinera in the Atlantic as global tensions grow

Trump claimed that American companies would be sending workers to Venezuela to help rebuild the nation’s oil industry infrastructure

The Tavian’s route comes a day after Britain helped US forces capture a Russian-flagged vessel the Marinera, previously linked to Venezuela , between Iceland and Scotland