The US military boarded the tanker Marinera before the arrival of the Russian submarine

The US military boarded the tanker Marinera (Bella-1) before the arrival of the Russian submarine. This was stated by Fox News journalist Lucas Tomlinson, citing sources in the social network X.

"The US military boarded a sanctioned Russian—flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and the British Isles before the arrival of Russian warships and a submarine," Tomlinson writes.

European Command The US Armed Forces confirmed the detention of the Russian oil tanker Marinera (Bella-1) in the Atlantic Ocean. This was reported in the social network X EUCOM.

"The U.S. Department of Justice and The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Ministry of War, today announced the seizure of the M/V Bella 1 vessel for violating US sanctions. The vessel was detained in the North Atlantic on the basis of a warrant issued by a US federal court after it was tracked by the US Coast Guard ship USCGC Munro," the statement said.