UK Military Intercepts Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker in English Channel

⚓ CHANNEL — Starmer ordered the navy to stop a Russian tanker. Publicly. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: First public order by a NATO leader to physically intercept a shadow fleet vessel. Removes UK deniability — if Moscow retaliates against British shipping, London owns it. Sets a precedent every European port state must now face: intercept or endorse evasion. With Hormuz closed and oil rerouting north, the channel is now a sanctions enforcement front.