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dutch777

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1. Better and more immediate leverage would be seizing ghost fleet tankers carrying Russian oil in international waters

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2025, 05:57 PM

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While Ukrainian drone strikes damaging some tankers has some affect by startling tanker owners and raising the cost of vessel insurance, no doubt Russia is paying them for the costs and trouble. When US and EU navies start seizing tankers and take the asset away, the math will quickly change and Putin and the Russian economy will have much more serious problems as cash runs out for everything.

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Better and more immediate leverage would be seizing ghost fleet tankers carrying Russian oil in international waters dutch777 Monday #1