#UK forces are preparing to board and detain russian "shadow fleet" ships in British waters, using legal powers to enforce sanctions and disrupt oil profits funding russia’s war in #Ukraine.

Operations are expected soon, with specialist units trained for potential armed resistance. Starmer called it a move to "starve putin’s war machine."

bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0n9z3…

British forces preparing to board Russian shadow fleet ships in UK waters

The move will "starve Putin's war machine", Starmer says as he arrives in Finland for a military summit.

^{Jack Fenwick (BBC News)}