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 Russia Today, a state-controlled media group, appeared to be filmed from on board Marinera, one of a Venezuelan “shadow fleet” of tankers carrying oil in breach of US and international sanctions. It shows a ship in the distance appearing to match the appearance of a US Coast Guard Legend-class cutter. The Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, has renamed itself and painted a Russian flag on its side in an apparent bid for Russian protection.

Ship changed its name and registered in Russia in apparent attempt to prevent possible US seizure near British Isles

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

Naval assets sent to aid sanctions-hit vessel that has spent weeks attempting to evade US blockade, say reports

Russian submarine and warship are in the vicinity as the US operation unfolds, news report says.

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…

This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the U.S. military has seized a Russian-flagged vessel.

A potential U.S.-Russia standoff was unfolding in the Atlantic after Russia sent naval assets to the aid of a tanker being pursued by the U.S. forces.

The operation ratcheted up tensions with Moscow as the US flexes its military might in the Caribbean.

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

The seized ship, now named Marinera, is just one that Russia has reflagged to join its "dark" fleet.

The ships were boarded by US forces in predawn operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.

New footage shows the US Coast Guard boarding two Venezuela tankers in “back-to-back” operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Video released by the White House on…

The U.S. has seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as it works to control Venezuela's oil. It was "suspected of carrying embargoed oil."