Posted on 02/26/2022 5:52:39 AM PST by dynachrome
416ft commercial ship bound for St. Petersburg intercepted in English Channel Baltic Leader intercepted by French sea police and seized for further inspection Boat, which was filled with cars, impounded in Boulogne-sur-Mer on Saturday French authorities said the ship was suspected of violating EU trade sanctions
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The Ukraine should send out a special forces team to locate Putin’s super yacht and blow it up.....
Pass that popcorn.
This is about to get very interesting.
Here is a video from Chief Makoi on Youtube regarding Russian attacking cargo shipping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KFPAOgCfGM
Have you all gone insane?
That would be kind of funny.
I wonder how people in Alaska feel right now. You know, Siberia is sparsely populated, but I hear full of resources. Just looks fat and tempting.
Excellent!
LOL...can you imagine how Putin would explode?
russia by its actions has declared war on Ukraine. Now the French by its actions has declared war on russia.
Do you want WWII?
Because this is how you get WWIII
There was a thread a couple of days ago about the yacht suddenly leaving port in Germany....
There is no way the world will ever cripple exports from China.
How many of these ships are soon to fly Panamanian flags?
FR folks have always loved war from afar.
Seizing ships is a “might makes right” course of action. if they are at sea, that could be used as a casus beli. Remember the Altmark!
A yacht Vlog showed the super yacht Ragnar allegedly owned by a very wealthy Russian, appears to be in its third day of a safety check by the Norwegian Coast Guard. The yacht just happened to be in an area where NATO is going to have two training sessions in a week or two. Imagine that!
There’s a way to assert your position that drives those inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt into the camp of those who always hated you and always will. I honestly thought Vladimir was smarter than this.
Can all Russian ships be seized that are at sea now?
Why would you want a bunch of Rust-buckets ?
Can all Russian ships be seized that are at sea now?
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This kind of thing could backfire and play into Putin’s hands. A lot of Russian citizens may well be uncomfortable with the invasion, but they might be more uncomfortable with the thought of their merchant ships getting seized on the high seas. Most countries would view that as a very provocative act and/or insult to them. Just saying.
People are dumb and don’t understand slavs and will talk with bravado. Then when nuclear war happens, they wonder why for about 30 seconds.
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