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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, January 7 (Xinhua) — US military personnel boarded the Mariner oil tanker in the open sea on Wednesday, but contact with it has been lost, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Transport.
"Today, at approximately 3:00 PM Moscow time, US Navy forces boarded a vessel in the open sea outside the territorial waters of any state. Contact with the vessel was lost," the agency said in a statement published on its Telegram channel.
The Ministry clarified that on December 24, 2025, the oil tanker Marinera received a temporary permit to sail under the Russian Federation flag, issued on the basis of Russian legislation and international law.
As the Ministry of Transport noted, in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, freedom of navigation applies on the high seas, and no state has the right to use force against vessels duly registered in the jurisdictions of other states.
Earlier on Wednesday, the US European Command announced an operation to seize an oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean.
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