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Britain’s Ministry of Defence said it had provided military help to the US forces that seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker north-west of the British Isles, arguing the operation was legitimate because the vessel had breached sanctions on Iran.
John Healey, the defence secretary, said the UK had allowed US aircraft to use bases to prepare for and carry out the mission, while the RAF had provided extra surveillance and the navy refuelling while the final capture was under way.
Healey said British involvement was justified under international law because the Marinera, which was sailing from the Caribbean Sea towards Russia, had previously been placed under sanctions when it was known as the Bella 1.
“This ship, with a nefarious history, is part of a Russian-Iranian axis of sanctions evasion which is fuelling terrorism, conflict, and misery from the Middle East to Ukraine,” the defence secretary said.
Russia and Iran want their shadow fleet of tankers to continue to fuel the genocide in Ukraine.
Claiming the bots are right is just support for the genocide in Ukraine.
That’s not the case at all. Things can be illegal and still morally right.
Trying to conflate the two for simplicity is irresponsible. That’s how you get Israel claiming their genocide in Gaza is justified as self defense from one attack (which may have been partially orchestrated by part of the Israeli government in the first place).
Can china and russia sanctions the west for fueling the genocide in Gaza?
Yes