Ukraine war thread

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NEW: Eight sanctioned Russian tankers are currently in the English Channel but the Navy isn’t seizing them, despite new powers to do so.

The Prime Minister insist Britain is prepared to act against Russia’s illicit vessels. But a senior NATO official said the UK is “not entirely ready,” to launch seizures.

Westminster’s nervousness about the legality of operations at sea, the risk of interdictions going wrong, and the need for any seizure to require sign off at the highest level are hampering any action.

As rhetoric has not resulted in action, Vladimir Putin is calling Downing Street’s bluff.

UK needs to seize all the tankers at the same time or risk losing the undersea cables from the ones they miss and they know once they commit there is no offramp.

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