The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.

Crew members aboard the aging, rusted oil tanker that the US has been pursuing at sea for nearly two weeks appear to have painted a crude image of a Russian flag on the ship’s hull, which American officials believe is an attempt at claiming Russian protection,

Russia’s crude exports hit the highest in over 2 ½ years, but delays in offloading cargoes saw another jump in oil held on tankers, with a build-up of vessels anchored off the coasts of India and China.

The pursuit of the Bella 1, an aging oil tanker that has been evading the U.S. Coast Guard for nearly two weeks, has been complicated after a Russian flag was sloppily painted on the side of the vessel in an apparent attempt to claim protection from Moscow, according to senior U.S. officials.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services told The Associated Press on Saturday. The two oil tankers, Kairos and Virat ...

It was reported by NYT. In recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have attacked four oil tankers linked to Russia's "shadow fleet," which helps Moscow circumvent international sanctions. Three of the vessels were hit by maritime drones in the Black Sea, another by aerial drones in the Mediterranean Sea, more than 1,200 miles from Ukraine.

Ukraine struck a shadow fleet vessel crossing the Mediterranean Sea in an unprecedented attack that could curtail Russia’s fundraising for war. The Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) claimed the drone strike on the sanctioned Qendil oil tanker, which was some 2,000km outside of Ukrainian territory and was left critically damaged.