{"id":329367,"date":"2026-03-26T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/british-military-authorised-to-board-russian-shadow-fleet-ships-in-uk-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:00:05","slug":"british-military-authorised-to-board-russian-shadow-fleet-ships-in-uk-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/british-military-authorised-to-board-russian-shadow-fleet-ships-in-uk-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"British military authorised to board Russian shadow fleet ships in UK waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w6n2vnVRan0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"British military authorised to board Russian shadow fleet ships in UK waters\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w6n2vnVRan0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The government has approved military action against Russia&#8217;s so-called shadow fleet, allowing the British military to board and detain sanctioned ships in UK waters.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came as the Prime Minister arrived in Finland, ahead of the Joint Expeditionary Force summit in Helsinki, a military coalition of northern European nations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the start of the meeting, Sir Keir Starmer said that the threat from Russia had grown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government has approved military action against Russia&#8217;s so-called shadow fleet, allowing the British military to board and detain sanctioned ships in UK waters. 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