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Javaman

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Thu Dec 11, 2025, 05:15 PM Dec 11

whoopsie doodle that may have been Russian oil in that tanker! LOL [View all]

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5644572-lavrov-questions-us-venezuela-seizure/


Russia demands Trump administration provide reasoning for seizure of oil tanker

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday demanded that the Trump administration explain why a Venezuelan oil tanker was seized by U.S. forces.
“I really hope that the United States, although they consider themselves entitled to conduct such operations, will somehow explain, out of respect for other members of the world community, what facts led them to take such actions,” he said during an ambassadors’ roundtable on the Ukrainian crisis resolution.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has already shared a defense for the Wednesday move, alleging that the oil on the tanker was sanctioned for its “involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations.”
She said Wednesday the oil was being transported from Venezuela and Iran.
However, global counterparts have questioned the move conducted by U.S. military forces without alerting them beforehand, and after repeated strikes on alleged “narco-terrorist” ships traveling in the Caribbean.
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