Telegraph: Marinera Tanker Seizure Was A Signal From Trump To Putin
- 11.01.2026, 23:15
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The President of the United States has moved on to the "whip".
The seizure of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera was a political signal from US President Donald Trump to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. This is reported by The Telegraph with reference to former and current U.S. officials.
According to the publication's sources, the U.S. president's decision to seize the Russian-flagged tanker, as well as his support for a new sanctions bill against Moscow, were a signal to Putin about the need to speed up the process of settling the war in Ukraine.
According to one of the journalists' interlocutors who maintains contacts with Trump's inner circle, the U.S. president acted on a political signal to the Russian dictator.