00:00Britain just gave its military the power to stop and seize Russian oil tankers on the open sea.
00:05Prime Minister Keir Starmer has authorized UK forces to board any vessel
00:10suspected of belonging to Russia's so-called Shadow Fleet,
00:13a secret armada of over 500 aging tankers
00:17that carry three-quarters of all Russian crude oil across the world's oceans.
00:21These ships have no clear ownership.
00:24They operate under fake flags.
00:26And they exist for one reason only.
00:29To help Putin sell oil despite Western sanctions
00:32and use those profits to fund his war in Ukraine.
00:36Starmer put it bluntly.
00:37He said Putin has been rubbing his hands watching oil prices surge because of the war in Iran.
00:42So Britain is now hitting him where it hurts, cutting off the dirty money.
00:47Any tanker that refuses to stop can be boarded by force.
00:50Crew members and ship owners could face criminal prosecution under UK sanctions law.
00:57544 ships.
00:59Billions in oil revenue.
01:00And now, the British military standing directly in the way.
01:05Putin's Shadow Fleet just ran out of places to hide.
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