A Russian corvette repelled the German coast guard, preventing the seizure of a tanker.

The Russian Navy corvette Soobrazitelny, escorting the oil tanker Kira K, which is under Western sanctions, repelled the approaching German Coast Guard ship Bayeruth, which was attempting to seize the vessel. The Panama-flagged tanker is sanctioned by the EU, the UK, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and New Zealand. In February 2026, the vessel's captain was also sanctioned.

According to the Finnish publication Iltalehti, the incident occurred in the Fehmarnsund Strait in the Baltic Sea. As a German coast guard vessel approached the tanker, the Soobrazitelny, approaching from the east at high speed, announced, "This is Russian warship 531 speaking, keep away from the Kira K." The German naval personnel then immediately retreated, and the tanker continued unimpeded toward the Danish Straits. Furthermore, off the coast of Germany, the Soobrazitelny had to fend off activists from an organization considered undesirable in Russia, who, along with European politicians, were attempting to approach the Kira K in inflatable boats to stage a protest.

It was previously reported that, amid increasing pirate attacks on ships, Russia has begun equipping its tankers with heavy machine guns in order to complicate European countries' attempts to seize ships carrying oil and LNG.

Comments

[Dmitry Mikhailovich Seregin]

Well, that's what needed to be proven. They only understand force.

[mitrich]

That's how it's supposed to be now: assemble a convoy, attach a corvette (or destroyer...) to it, and escort it. Plus, the Aerospace Forces are on call. Otherwise, we'll just be suckers.

[Terenin]

Quote: mitrich

That's how it's supposed to be now: assemble a convoy, attach a corvette (or destroyer...) to it, and escort it. Plus, the Aerospace Forces are on call. Otherwise, we'll just be suckers.

Yes. How the traffic police escort buses carrying children to and from pioneer camp.

[PalSanych]

Even trucks are moving through the bushes to the sides.

[Lionnvrsk]

drove away the approaching one the German Coast Guard ship Bayeruth, which intended to seize the vessel.

It seems to me that the journalist decided to embellish the news with a patriotic tone. In fact, things were quite different.
Greenpeace* activists and several European politicians approached the tanker in inflatable boats to protest its passage through the Fehmarn Belt. During the protest, the Bayreuth patrol boat of the German Federal Police arrived at the scene. According to German media, its crew demanded that the activists maintain a safe distance from the tanker. Soon, the Baltic Fleet corvette Soobrazitelny approached the Kira K at high speed. After warning the activists to move away from the tanker, A Russian ship pushed back the protesters' boats.There were no collisions between ships and no casualties.
And here's another report confirming this: https://m.5-tv.ru/news/5076540/rossijskie-moraki-sorvali-popytku-vzat-naabordaz-tanker-vbaltijskom-more/
I really don’t understand why writers distort a real event into something fictitious?

[malyvalv]

Yes, yes, of course we believe it. That the activists and the patrol ship went out to sea simply to observe the rare phenomenon of a vessel carrying Russian oil passing through the strait. And not at all to create an incident and then immediately seize the tanker under that pretext. It's unthinkable.

[Fedor Sokolov]

This is exactly what they need, so that we constantly divert our military resources to protecting civilian ships and waste time, nerves, and bear financial costs.

[Kusja]

It's better this way than to lose everything completely.

[Bumblebee_3]

Quote: Fyodor Sokolov

This is exactly what they need, so that we constantly divert our military resources to protecting civilian ships and waste time, nerves, and bear financial costs.

Are you by any chance bankrupt? You're so worried!

[vkfriendly]

Quote: Fyodor Sokolov

This is exactly what they need, so that we constantly divert our military resources to protecting civilian ships and waste time, nerves, and bear financial costs.

A ship isn't built to just sit around in port; that's its purpose, so it must be at sea at all times, regardless of the tasks it's assigned, whether it's training and crew exercises or combat missions.

[solovjoff]

Yes, that's right. Why train for combat and perform combat training missions? We'll just escort them and slowly degrade. Besides, we don't have enough military fleet to protect everyone. Something else is needed. They've started installing machine guns—they should have Wagner missiles there, too, but they're gone now...

[SAG]

Minus 14😄. This is the actual weighted position rating on VO!
The worms want slogans like: "We are the superior race! We are omnipotent! God has commanded us to rule the planet!"
In short, like the Poles...
The position of these corrupt parasites is not surprising. What is surprising is the indifference of their...
I don’t believe that the Russian land has become depleted of intelligence!

[Serjy]

The fleet is just doing its job. What other costs are there?

[SAG]

They assembled a convoy, a corvette (destroyer...) came with it, and started escorting it

Just look at the size of the shadow and overt merchant fleet and the number of combat units of the Russian Navy...
A decade of tanker waiting costs $1000000, unloading time is also regulated, and the size of receiving oil storage facilities is also limited. In short, it may not be a profitable business anymore. And the problem hasn't really arisen yet—the French seize something for show, release it a couple of weeks later, and even pay compensation.
And if it starts on a massive scale, we won’t be able to do without China’s help...

[vkfriendly]

Quote: SAG

A tanker's ten-day standby costs $1000000, unloading time is also regulated, and the size of receiving oil storage facilities is also limited. In short, it may not be a profitable business.

One average Handymax tanker with a deadweight of 40000-60000 carries $25 million worth of oil, so our billionaires won't be left penniless in any case. And you've clearly forgotten that the oil is in the hands of private companies, albeit with state participation, so the Chinese couldn't care less about anything and why they'd suddenly help them.

[SAG]

so in any case, our billionaires will not become beggars

In that case, I'm surprised by your concern for their well-being. I'm talking about the escort by warships! And the Aerospace Forces on call! Isn't that too much of an honor?

[vkfriendly]

Quote: SAG

In that case, I'm surprised by your concern for their well-being. I'm talking about the escort by warships! And the Aerospace Forces on call! Isn't that too much of an honor?

You're clearly forgetting about the country's prestige, albeit belatedly. Security and escort were necessary, at least to show the Western enemies who's boss and, if necessary, give them a slap on the wrist to get respect. And who knows, maybe there are a couple of our own on board, and then we need to protect them. Otherwise, how could the president's decree be enforced: to protect our own wherever it may be, by all means necessary, and with the involvement of the Ministry of Defense if necessary? And they should have raised the Russian flag on all ships; maybe that's why they're so brazen because it's not there.

[SAG]

You clearly forget about the country's prestige.

.
If trading becomes unprofitable, why bother? Putting on a show for the sake of false prestige is like the French and being seen as clowns in the eyes of the world.
People who grew up in the late Soviet Union have an ineradicable belief in their own omnipotence. That we can take down any enemy, even everyone at once, just let them come near us! Exactly the same sentiment prevailed in the late 30s. I hope you know the price we paid for it. And now history is repeating itself as a farce. This is, in fact, adolescent psychology. You need to be able to weigh your real capabilities against your desires and inflated ego.

[vkfriendly]

Quote: SAG

If trading becomes unprofitable, why bother?

The key word in your post is "if"
If trade becomes unprofitable, we won't see any more tankers—what's so strange about that? Capitalists won't lift a finger at a loss. And as long as they exist, they're making a profit. No showboating is expected. Everything else in your proposal is simply pessimism or even capitulation. Let's just fold our paws and surrender, let the Western countries carve us up however they want, and we'll become their spineless slaves like in the 90s, or maybe even worse. But there will be peace throughout the world, until the Anglo-Saxons want another piece of the pie. I don't remember exactly what the "unforgettable" Margaret Thatcher or Madeleine Albright bequeathed. In Russia, we need to leave behind tens of millions of people servicing the pipelines and oil rigs; the rest are not needed, which is what was brought to life in the 90s under the watchful guidance of a family of alcoholics, Jewish oligarchs, Chubais, Berezovsky, Western capital, and other vultures and just plain kos.

[SAG]

Everything else in your proposal is simply pessimism or even capitulation.

I'm waiting for a reasoned justification!

[SAG]

Capitalists won't lift a finger to lose money. And as long as they exist, they're making a profit.

What are we, anarchists or something? 😂 They're making a profit - that's right, because there are no convoys.

But there will be peace throughout the world.

Well, finally the world has found a genius in you! A unique person who surpassed in intellect the best minds of the world, who wanted to establish eternal peace on the planet, even without a major war.
So, you're a demigod. I wonder if you even believe in your own super-genius?

[Essex62]

Katz suggests surrender? (c) ((((((((

[SAG]

Katz suggests we consider our strengths and weigh our capabilities against our desires! If I announce now that we'll land on Pluto in 10 years, and you say it won't happen! Does that mean you're suggesting we give up?

[Essex62]

Really? You've really made a comparison. Is it technically possible to land on Pluto? Although who knows what they'll come up with in 10 years? Technological progress always comes in spurts.
This vast country has countless opportunities. We need to use them, not just dabble in liberal whining.
I don't share your defeatist sentiments, please don't hold it against me.

[SAG]

Technically, it is possible to land on Pluto.

Technically, this is possible.

I don't share your defeatist sentiments, please don't hold it against me.

Provide a reasoned justification or this will have to be considered an insult.

[Essex62]

Is it possible to reach that point in ten years, using modern engines? Then I won't speak about Katz. Why shouldn't it, if that's the goal? But is it necessary?

What arguments do you have? If you don't believe in your country's capabilities, is it even yours?

[SAG]

You probably think you're very smart and cunning, twisting words and distorting meanings😂 In fact, you're pushing people to talk to you like you're a village idiot!
Question:

Is it possible to fly there in ten years with modern engines?

Answer:

Why not fly there if that's the goal? Although who knows what they'll come up with in 10 years? Technological progress always comes in spurts.

Set a goal to fly to the neighboring galaxy within a year🤣🤣🤣
Question:

What arguments do you have?

Answer:

Never argue with idiots. You will sink to their level, where they will crush you with their experience.
M. Twain

I'll follow that advice! You can keep writing, but I won't read it, lest I stoop to your level...
All the best

[Essex62]

I have the same impression about you. If they come up with a "space puncture" within 10 years, will it be impossible to fly? Go in peace, smart guy.

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: SAG

...the French arrest someone for a show, release them a couple of weeks later, and even pay compensation.

Really??! And who is getting paid? You?
I came across completely opposite information - https://www.dw.com/ru/francia-ostrafovala-vladelca-zaderzannogo-tankera-tagor-na-1-mln-evro/a-77805182

[Gavrilo Princip]

Convoy named after Alexander Ivanovich Marinescu. Beat the fascist bastards!

[Alexander Mitrofanov]

Where can we get destroyers? Borrow them from China or North Korea?

[Victor Alien]

And the buyers of our goods should pay for the escort, if this is the case. Although, I repeat, our goods are ours until they cross our border—and then let the buyers worry about the safety of their cargo. And in general, we need to engage in trade, in many ways, and in both directions. And what we need to exchange is direct barter at the state level, without any individuals or LLCs. We don't need foreign toilet paper in any form. The export of food, weapons, gold, and much more is completely banned. Even uranium and all its derivatives are best kept for ourselves. Those who feed and arm a foreign state are enemies of their own country. And those who like to vacation in a foreign country are the same.

[mitrich]

If we don't export raw materials, there will be almost no imports. And no foreign currency coming into the treasury. Because for a long time, we were turned into a raw materials colony. And we ourselves, too, back in the USSR, and even under the tsars. This needs to change, but it's a slow process; it's been going on for hundreds of years.
P.S.: I've been vacationing abroad for many, many years now. I don't want to, and won't, feed my lazy and greedy compatriots. Money doesn't come easy to me, because I don't work for the Pipeline or a state monopoly, and I count it. If you want to visit Abkhazia, Sochi, or Crimea, welcome.
And there is no need to label this, it smacks of intolerance.

[Essex62]

The USSR lived off its own products, and energy exports were tenth in the balance sheet. There's no need to stretch a planned economy onto a market globe. Another issue is that there wasn't a reliance on consumer goods. But people weren't naked; they had household appliances, and energy supplies filled a niche. Comecon consumer goods were very useful.
The USSR was never a colony.

[ser-pov]

Well, that's what needed to be proven. They only understand force.

I remember we had a development called "Caliber-K" (export designation: Club-K). It would be very useful right now...

[Michael]

Quote: ser-pov

Well, that's what needed to be proven. They only understand force.

I remember we had a development called "Caliber-K" (export designation: Club-K). It would be very useful right now...

Even a 40-foot shipping container can accommodate a lot of things—from a bunch of small drones to long-range winged aircraft and even ballistic missiles. And there's even a 45-foot container!
Incidentally, yes, in the old days they managed to squeeze intercontinental ballistic missiles into the size of a railroad car. Nowadays, these are lost technologies of a previous civilization.
"I heard a legend,
As if once
This country was inhabited by giants.
Like living
Strange fate:
“We were ready for work and for battle” (A. Guskov).
"Bitter Mustache" sings this verse very well.

[otempora o mores]

C'est plus la violence que la force qu'ils comprennent.

[Machito]

Quote: Dmitry Mikhailovich Seregin

Well, that's what needed to be proven. They only understand force.

It was necessary to heat.

[Edvid]

What next? The tanker will sail into the Atlantic, and there France will be pirating...

[Gavrilo Princip]

They have a gay president. They can just toss him to hell right now. Don't wait for peritonitis.

[Dmitry Mikhailovich Seregin]

Good question. I had the same question too. We'll see.

[Sir Galant]

That would be the best thing to sink the Germans!

[Alex F._2]

It's possible that there were "victims" due to diaper overflow after our ship's warning ;)

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: sir Galant

That would be the best thing to sink the Germans!

Really? The Germans didn't shoot, and whether they wanted to do something or didn't want to do something still needs to be proven. And you're going straight to sinking them. Do you want a hot phase with West Germany, or NATO?

[otempora o mores]

La confrontation arrivera inévitablement et le plus tôt sera le mieux.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: otempora o mores

La confrontation arrivera inévitablement et le plus tôt sera le mieux.

Agreed. But who will start first? Who will be the aggressor? This is important.

[vkfriendly]

And who saw the aggressor? Sink the invaders with torpedoes from the deep, the submarine hides beneath the ship, unseen and unheard. Sink a couple for a visual lesson, and maybe they'll learn something new.

[faterdom]

Alexander Ivanovich could do this. Marinesko.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: faterdom

Alexander Ivanovich could do this. Marinesko.

She walked announced war, so any vessel, ship, was a legitimate target.
Today there is no difference between us and Britain announced war. Therefore, the sinking of a British ship would be the beginning of a war.

[faterdom]

The question under discussion is whether the sinking of a warship engaged in piracy is an "act of war"?
And I think the UN Security Council (the only legitimate body in the world for such assessments) will not pass such a resolution, with at least two vetoes.
Of course, issuing a prize for the fight against piracy at the expense of the UN will not work either.
But war, citing some decrees from the mad old woman Ursula, won't happen either. And the next "ship hijackers" in European seas might not show up in 50 years; that would be too crazy an undertaking.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: faterdom

Is sinking a warship engaged in piracy an "act of war"?

But was he really engaged in piracy? Did he hijack a tanker? Open fire on it? No? Then what did he do? Was he heading towards the tanker? So what?

[faterdom]

The very demand to accept armed people from another country with hostile intentions into neutral waters doesn't seem a little inappropriate to you... You see, I'm embarrassed to even give it a more precise, more appropriate word in Russian.
Well, yes, it might be inhumane to respond with a torpedo salvo right away, but first fire a warning burst from an AK-630. So that we can then show the dashcam footage: you see, we were very kind, polite, and considerate, but...

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: faterdom

Well, yes, it might be inhumane to respond with a torpedo salvo right away, but first fire a warning burst from an AK-630 in the direction.

In reality, it turned out to be even simpler - a kind word was enough.

[Essex62]

During the Cold War, there were more than enough incidents between us and NATO, with weapons being used all over the planet. The hot phase never began. Because they were afraid. "The Russians are coming," they thought, and they'd jump out of a window, head first, and hit the pavement. Today, they've lost that fear.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Essex62

The hot phase didn't begin. Because they were afraid.

Not because of that. Because all the incidents took place either in Soviet territorial waters or in our airspace. In other words, we were within our rights and understood it all.
Now we are talking about international waters, in which we cannot attack, but we have every right to defend ourselves, but only in the event of an attack on our ship or vessel.

[Essex62]

Really? There weren't any combat clashes, including with the Yankees, anywhere on the planet? Although, it's true, there wasn't any shooting at sea. Pitfalls, firing on target, and only in friendly waters.
But they pirate precisely because they've lost their fear and felt impunity.

[dnestr74]

Unfortunately, we don't have enough corvettes. They need to be churned out like hotcakes.

[Aken]

As soon as we buy a riveter from the Chinese, we'll start.

[Ovsigovets]

maybe it's worth hiring a riveter and riveters?

[Vitaly_pvo]

Quote: Ovsigovets

hire a riveter and riveters?

In the Navy, this is called a joint navigation safety exercise.
If Russia and China conduct joint strategic bomber exercises near the American and Japanese borders, reaching an agreement would be much easier. After all, the Northern Sea Route isn't just for Russia.

[Essex62]

Yeah, and let the bloggers and managers keep chilling. Or maybe we should retrain them as riveters? We've had enough of this aul; the Chinese will quickly conquer the territory, just let them in.

[Ovsigovets]

That's fine too. The result is what matters to me.

[tabex]

Here's a solution for you regarding the seizures: we need to accept the entire "tanker shadow fleet" into the Russian Navy.

[Ovsigovets]

specifically the auxiliary fleet of the Navy

[KCA]

Well, it's not that simple here either. The auxiliary fleet may well be armed and they won't let you into territorial waters. They'll say, "You have the Navy flag, you're armed, you're hanging in the roadstead, oh, we don't have any tankers with pumping facilities, go ahead, pigeons, go ahead."

[Ovsigovets]

Those who need oil will of course say so...and suck the pipe))) They are not afraid to shake up the shadows

[Ovsigovets]

Let's do it this way...Navy vessels enter foreign territorial waters...for example, as courtesy visits...if they want to stage a tanker's entrance while rocking, and yes...permission for entry is granted by the government "owner" of those very territorial waters.

[kventinasd]

Quote: tabex

The entire "tanker shadow fleet" must be accepted into the Russian Navy.

And if all the tankers are converted into aircraft carriers, then the Omerigans will sit nervously on the sidelines.

[SAG]

And what if all the tankers were converted into aircraft carriers?

And if we add a plasma torch to each one and organize coordinated maneuvering through the Rassvet group in real time, then Trump himself will bring us the keys to the Pentagon.

[Ovsigovets]

It's not difficult...there is an auxiliary fleet of the Navy and there is even a procedure for transferring civilian vessels to it.

[Incvizitor]

Then we should put one of these things on each tanker and if they start attacking, we should immediately attack them.

[Aken]

And feed them all?????????

[Ovsigovets]

This is the answer to why we need overseas bases... we need to build a massive fleet and have support bases to protect the entire route with the support of these bases.

[lubesky]

Quote: Ovsigovets

This is the answer to why we need overseas bases... we need to build a massive fleet and have support bases to protect the entire route with the support of these bases.

What a pricey pleasure! My colleague, I dream of banning Russia's resource trade entirely, and you're proposing to build such a structure at our expense for the sake of the oligarchs!

[Ovsigovets]

Everything in this life is expensive... You dream of nonsense - alternatives to replenishing the budget instead of prohibited trade, you can come to the studio... I propose protecting our merchant fleet in the world's oceans (try hard) and expanding our spheres of influence

[Essex62]

Wouldn't it be better to industrialize rather than depend on resource trade?

[Ovsigovets]

Industrialization deadlines, plans, and what kind of workforce? There's a personnel shortage in government agencies; young people have trained as managers but forgotten about engineering, turning, milling, and hull construction. So, first, we need to train personnel in the required quantity and quality. Do we have the time?

[Essex62]

Well, we need to start right now. There's time, five years, maybe less, but it's there. It's time to pick up the snot and work hard in this direction. Everything for the front, everything for Victory. (c) True, the market will have to be shut down and the necks of those who push it will have to be broken.

[rocket757]

And so it will come to the guarded convoys...
Pure piracy, which they are trying to cover up... although, they are no longer covering it up with anything, they are pirating because they can, while they can...

[dnestr74]

I agree, it's not worth sending a corvette with every tanker. It would be more profitable to group the tankers into a convoy and a corvette.

[Ovsigovets]

Previously, everyone had a plan to transfer them to the Navy with the installation of permanent weapons. A Russian Navy flag, a cannon on board, a partially military crew of marines, and off they went.

[OlegEKB]

"This is Russian warship 531, stay away from Kira K."

Did he just say that in Russian?
and the journalists recorded this monologue?

[trromar]

Such corvettes are needed for the entire route (not only in the Baltic).

[Nord11]

It's time to install rapid-fire guns and man-portable air defense systems on tankers. And if anything happens, they can say they mistook the attackers for Somali pirates on tour.

[The Little Humpbacked Horse]

Quote: Nord11

It's time to install rapid-fire guns and man-portable air defense systems on tankers. And if anything happens, they can say they mistook the attackers for Somali pirates on tour.

Where can we get crews for these tankers, ready to defend the master's troughs? Let me remind you that even our professional military wiped their asses with the oath in August 1991 and did not come out to defend their Motherland, the USSR.

[Meaning of life]

Professional soldiers take an oath to carry out the orders of their commanders. Since the marked commander-in-chief gave no orders, any "independent action" by the military would have been an attempted coup. Although it's a shame they didn't do so.

[The Little Humpbacked Horse]

Well, for example, no one gave Matrosov the order to throw himself chest-first into the embrasure, but he didn’t chicken out like some others

[Essex62]

There's one peculiarity here: all the commanders were "communists." And they calmly watched as the counterrevolution destroyed Soviet power. It wasn't a military coup, after all—it was the preservation of workers' and peasants' power and socialism. There's no time for formalities when the house is burning.

[Apis1962]

...I am always ready, by order of the Soviet Government, to defend my homeland—the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...

And the Soviet government, or those who represented it at the time, did not issue an order for protection because they lacked the intelligence, unlike their Chinese comrades who in 89 at Tiananmen removed the perestroika workers from civil circulation, and no one is looking for their traces, and the economy grows much better without these perestroika workers, without privatization and denationalization of property.

[Essex62]

Yeah, right. Just a bourgeois economy, a free market, and other delights of capitalism.

[Carlos Hall]

We stated some time ago that oil convoys should be protected by Russian coast guard ships or military ships.

[Peter Yakovlev]

Greenpeace can't sit still again...
Let me remind the respectable public that when the accident at the oil field occurred in 2010
The Deepwater Horizon platform sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of the US state of Louisiana, causing the largest oil spill in US history. Greenpeace didn't even utter a word, because the platform was managed by British Petroleum.
The oil spill contaminated more than 1100 miles coasts,
the area of ​​the oil spill was 68,000 square miles.
In total, the sea was 4,9 million barrels of oil.
But attacking a Gazprom platform in the Barents Sea, or trying to provoke a collision with a Russian tanker (that's why the German police boat was on alert - waiting for an incident...) against Greenpeace, bought to smithereens by transnationals - that's a sweet deal... (For money - YES)

[Meaning of life]

Quote: Peter Yakovlev

When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana in 2010, causing the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Greenpeace didn't even utter a word.

Not true. He yelped, and quite loudly. Incidentally, this wasn't the largest spill. The 1989 tanker accident off the coast of Alaska was much larger.

Quote: Peter Yakovlev

But attacking a Gazprom platform in the Barents Sea, or trying to provoke a collision with a Russian tanker (which is why the German police boat was on alert – waiting for an incident...) against Greenpeace, which has been bought to smithereens by transnationals – that would be a sweet deal.

And who told you it was Greenpeace??? It says "one of the undesirable organizations in Russia"There are a lot of them now.

[trromar]

These tankers are heading west, into the Atlantic - there, in the Atlantic Ocean, what corvettes will protect them?

[dnestr74]

The ocean is relatively calm for now. The problems arise when we pass near the European coastline.

[Silba]

At worst, while we're busy churning out corvettes and frigates, we could ask the Persians for a hundred or two "Haider-210s." After all, the Shaheds worked out pretty well. Judging by their performance characteristics, these boats are just right, perfect for the Baltic and even the Black Sea! They'll be quite capable of trolling those pirates. Maybe our destroyers will start pouring in!

[Alf]

Was that even possible? Short.

[Stalingrad2010]

A demonstrative operation to destroy a pirate landing on a "shadow" fleet tanker is long overdue. Covertly deploy heavy machine guns or anti-aircraft guns with man-portable air defense systems. But the enemy must be warned that if the tanker is destroyed, the capital of that country, for example, will be destroyed. It's high time our leaders stopped playing gentlemen with a pack of jackals. They should become hunters and seek out and create a casus belli to eliminate this or that jackal.

[The Little Humpbacked Horse]

Quote: Stalingrad2010

A demonstrative operation to destroy the pirate landing force on the "shadow" fleet's tankers is long overdue. Covertly deploy heavy machine guns or anti-aircraft guns with man-portable air defense systems.

How will you navigate the Danish Straits after such actions, Anika the Warrior? They'll simply close them to any ships connected in any way to Russia.

[Stalingrad2010]

A ready-made casus belli. The choice here is small and obvious: free passage for ships or, for example, the destruction of the capitals of states that impede this.

[rostov-dad]

The Coast Guard ship needed to be detained, towed to our port, and tried for piracy.

[_KGB-USSR_]

They're showing their teeth, which is good news; the decision was right, but in any case, it's a one-sided game: we escort and protect them, while they sail freely. That's not right. Why the hell haven't sanctions been imposed on Western tankers and companies yet? Hypothetically, in response to the seizure of any of our tankers, we seize any Western tanker in neutral waters and drag it right under their noses, escorted by the same corvette, through the same strait, to us, for inspection, fined for violating sanctions, etc. And what would their reaction be, I wonder?

[Vertuhai 2003]

Better late than never...

[Alexander Elizarov]

A Russian corvette repelled the German coast guard, preventing the seizure of a tanker.

I don't believe it. The news seems like a lie. Where's the evidence? I couldn't find confirmation of the news in any reputable Western publication.
The Germans were so scared of one ship (near their territorial waters). Don't believe it.

[Hariton laptev]

I read a ton of comments. Only one conclusion. First attempt at driving away Europeans. Or maybe second. Another two or three and it'll be... Tsa... T'

[Rakitin]

It was necessary to run over the passivists in inflatable condoms.

[Neo-9947]

After this, the German naval sailors chose to immediately retreat.

Rational decision.
This flat-bottomed boat is no match for the ship.
They realized: “This is not our level”...

[Lynx2000]

Regarding the skepticism about why disperse naval forces to protect tankers, it's worth noting that the tasks of modern multifunctional corvettes also include:
1. Patrolling and protecting state borders, economic zones, and monitoring sea lanes.
2. Combat security as part of naval groups or escort of convoys.

"Soobrazitelny" had to drive away activists from one of Russia's undesirable organizations, who, along with European politicians, were trying to approach the Kira K in inflatable boats.

It has long been clear that normal people will not swim under such a rainbow symbol (it has been ruined) (it won’t sink).
There have already been more than one scandal involving this organization, which receives orders and payments for certain actions from both foreign government agencies and corporations...

[alexleony]

Quote: Alexander Elizarov

A Russian corvette repelled the German coast guard, preventing the seizure of a tanker.

I don't believe it. The news seems like a lie. Where's the evidence? I couldn't find confirmation of the news in any reputable Western publication.
The Germans were so scared of one ship (near their territorial waters). Don't believe it.

That's right, the news is far-fetched. It all happened a little differently. First, inflatable boats carrying Greenpeace activists approached the tanker. No one knows exactly what they were planning—either to obstruct its passage or to gain publicity, it doesn't really matter. Seeing this, a German patrol boat approached them and began urging the boats not to obstruct the tanker's passage, in accordance with international law. There was no intention of seizing it. Only then did the Soobrazitelny arrive.
Now we can compare how things really were and how they're presented in the article. Yes, I don't argue, many prefer the author's version, but I'm all for objectivity. Okay, it's an article, but they still embellish things in reports from the front, passing off wishful thinking as reality, and ultimately it backfires.

[Incvizitor]

Until our submarines start sinking the tubs of these runts, they will continue to be insolent.

[aszzz888]

Incvizitor
(Andrei)
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Today, 02: 32

There's something so normal about your attitude toward Gayrope in your words. And the crabs will sort it out there, at the bottom of the sea!

[Vovavvs]

How you behave. "Kindness" at sea led to such a disaster. Our indecisive warship commander took pity on the American pirates who had seized a tanker in the Atlantic before his eyes, and that's how it all began... In a similar situation, when the Greeks seized a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Mediterranean, Iran immediately intercepted two Greek tankers... And right away, as if a prankster had whispered. In Gibraltar, they quickly released the captured Iranian tanker. And when they stopped a North Korean tanker and torpedoed their vessel, the entire West suddenly became wiser at sea.

[rusich]

It turns out they "can" whenever they want.

[Orchestrarant]

They can, when they receive a request for protection; foreign vessels are protected only upon request. Carriers prefer to take the risk, then pay the hijackers a fine and move on.

[aszzz888]

"This is Russian warship 531, stay away from Kira K."

Well done on the "Soobrazitelny"! But that's a bit too polite... They could have sent these insolent Germans packing, I mean to the sea.

[Vladimir60]

Even in the days of sailing ships, merchant ships carried several cannons and weapons for the crew to protect themselves from pirates.

[SEVERIN]

Well done, Commander Soobrazitelny - this is how it should be done!

[Umpteenth]

What will you name the yacht? It's clear he wasn't thinking of a corvette, but it's symbolic.

[snow mountain]

Quote: Bearded

It was necessary to heat it

And without even asking

[olboop]

Okay, we've fought them off in the Baltic. But what about escorting them in the North Sea and the English Channel, too? And every tanker carrying our oil?

[My_log_in]

Against this background, news like "Russia increased LNG supplies to the European Union by 17%."

https : //tass .ru/ekonomika/27881401

[Broad flag]

I remember they turned down my proposal to shoot sprats using a helicopter and a boat while passing through the Estonian Straits...

[Chernorechye]

No one likes or respects the weak and indecisive. Until the Kremlin understands this, all this disgrace will not end.

[Anatoly Eliseev]

Finally a sober decision!

[GMV]

Where can we find a free corvette for every tanker? Mines the deck and warn them—the landing party will disembark and fly back to the helicopter in pieces. The sailors will throw up their hands and send out a distress signal. Then they'll say, "It's all the Ukrainians!" The fish and the wildlife know it all... 💁 kayak!

[Alexander]

It's high time the fleet also benefited from training!