Recently, social media users circulated a video claiming to show U.S. forces boarding the oil tanker Aquila II and seizing it in the Indian Ocean.
BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 U.S. forces have boarded and seized the Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean.The sanctioned vessel was reportedly carrying ~700,000 barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude destined for China. pic.twitter.com/SzClBSwQgC — WioTalk (@uknlp1) February 9, 2026
BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 U.S. forces have boarded and seized the Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean.The sanctioned vessel was reportedly carrying ~700,000 barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude destined for China. pic.twitter.com/SzClBSwQgC
— WioTalk (@uknlp1) February 9, 2026
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