author: Tyler Durden
Update (1014ET):
""Donroe Doctrine" intended to clear the Western Hemisphere was intense on Wednesday morning, with the acquisition of a Russian Mariner tanker (formerly Bella 1) in the North Atlantic, followed by the takeover of a stateless dark fleet tanker by US forces in the Caribbean region.
Marinera's business is on his head tonight, given that there are Russian warships and submarines nearby, which increases the hazard that the situation may get out of control after Moscow has warned the Trump administration in fresh days to retreat from the tanker.
Over the last hour, the U.S. confederate Command (SOUTHCOM) wrote on X that American forces "have retained a stateless, approved motor tanker of the dark fleet without incidents." SOUTHCOM reported: "The captured ship, M/T Sophia, operated in global waters and led illegal activities in the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. Coast defender escorts M/T Sophia to the U.S. for final destination."
SOUTHCOM completed the post, signaling Donroe's doctrine: "Thanks to Operation confederate Spear, the War Department remains unwavering in its mission to suppress illegal activities in the Western Hemisphere. We will defend our homeland and reconstruct safety and strength in both Americas."
Welcome to the Donroe doctrine era.
Update (09:20ET):
The U.S. Command of Europe (EUCOM) confirmed on X that the Department of Justice and Homeland Security, in cooperation with the Department of Defence, They seized a Russian Mariner tanker (formerly Bella 1) for violating US sanctions.
"The unit was detained in the North Atlantic under a warrant issued by the U.S. national court after being followed by USCGC Munro," informed EUCOM.
EUCOM continued...
Read erstwhile updates: Russian warships and submarines are nearby.
Update (0855ET):
NBC News reports that the US peculiar Forces operation in the North Atlantic, aimed at taking over a Russian tanker under the Russian flag, Mariner (formerly Bella 1), concluded success.
American officials told the media that Marinera "has been secured"after a dramatic weekly pursuit on the open sea.
The US seized 2 oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast last period as part of president Trump's canonniere's diplomacy. But why would a U.S. Coast defender boat and reconnaissance aircraft pursuit an empty, rusty oil tanker under the Russian flag across the Atlantic if there was something possibly much more valuable on board?
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Update (0814ET):
Russian portal RT News published a video that appears to show American military forces attempting to board Russian Mariner tanker Early Wednesday morning in the North Atlantic.
❗️ Armed forces, presumably American, are now attempting to board a civilian tanker under the Russian flag of 'Mariner' — Source
— RT (@RT_com) 7 January 2026
RT obtained the first exclusive visual confirmation of the boarding effort https://t.co/lWf62lN7hH.twitter.com/rn9xfLmNxi
Reuters reports U.S. "trying to take over" A tanker associated with Venezuela after a two-week pursuit involving a U.S. Coast defender unit and a reconnaissance aircraft.
More colors about the operation of the socket:
Officials who spoke on condition of anonymity informed, That the operation is conducted by the Coast defender and American forces Armed.
They added that Russian military units, including a submarine, were located in the area during surgery.
Marinera rapidly changed course erstwhile American MH-6 small Bird, the smallest chopper of the 160th Air Force, was approaching the unit.
That's the Donroe doctrine. intended to purify the Western hemisphere. However, it surely seems that fears of conflict are growing...
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In something that can be described simply as taken out of the Cold War techno-thrillera, with the climate of Hunting on Red October, The U.S. Coast defender chases a rusting oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1, now renamed Mariner, floating under the Russian flag about 300 miles south of Iceland, heading towards the North Sea.
Tuesday Russian service RT News He published an exclusive video on X, on which Marinera is chased by a U.S. Coast defender boat in the North Atlantic.
BREAKING planet EXCLUSE: RT retrieves first recording of Mariner's civilian tanker under the Russian flag, which is WITNESSED by a U.S. Coast defender warship in the North Atlantic https://t.co/sNbqJkm5O5.twitter.com/XtbBML3a6j
— RT (@RT_com) 6 January 2026
Wall Street Journal He then reported at night that Russia was counteracting the Trump administration's effort to take over Marinera, sending a submarine and another warships to escort a supposedly empty tanker.
The North Atlantic race followed last month's incidental close Venezuelan waters erstwhile the tanker – then stateless and under false flag – was placed under an American court order. erstwhile the Coast defender attempted to board, the crew changed the ship's registration to Russia, prompting Moscow to request that the US cease pursuit.
Diplomacy of Trump canoniers in the Caribbean, with greater emphasis on Hemisphere defence western – what any call "Don-roe doctrine" – they set the speech of the year: US forces intend to control the seas in both Americas, not China and not Russia.
One of the key questions is why Washington is so focused on this peculiar tanker, given that the global dark fleet has more than 1,000 tankers carrying approved oil worldwide. The fast registration of a ship in Russia, without inspection or formalities, can only propose that a tanker who had left Venezuelan waters could have carried another cargo heading for Russia.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.zerohedge.com/
