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European Union commandos have boarded a sixth tanker belonging to Russia's so-called shadow fleet, an operation that follows threats of potential retaliatory measures from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The sixth interdiction marks a campaign that has now drawn a head-of-state warning from Moscow, adding a geopolitical dimension to what had been a largely operational story.
A sixth EU commando boarding is a count that carries weight.
One interdiction can be treated as isolated; six is harder to read that way, and Putin's decision to publicly raise the prospect of retaliation signals that the Kremlin is tracking the accumulation.
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