2026-01-08 05:41:27

🟢 US - Russia confrontation at sea: Russia is at a disadvantage as Bella-1 falls into US hands

🟠 Bella-1 with its zig-zag journey from Iran to Venezuela and then looping up the North Atlantic has triggered a chase between the US and Russian navies:
📌 12/19: Bella-1 is detected leaving Iran to go to Venezuela to take oil.
📌 12/21: The US attempts to intercept. The ship immediately turns off signals and flees northeast.
📌 01/01: Bella-1 reappears on radar in the Atlantic Ocean.
📌 01/06: Russia deploys submarines and escort warships.
📌 01/07: The ship changes name, flies the Russian flag, but is still seized by the US just off the coast of Ireland.
-> The US achieved its goal without firing a shot. There is speculation that besides oil, the ship is carrying something "very important" to both Russia and Venezuela, which is also why the US pursued it to the end.

📍 A Russian-flagged ship, escorted by the Russian navy in international waters but still captured by the US ship. This is clearly a failure.

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