Subject: Re: Pity Keir Starmer
And now Putin is open trailing his coat up the English Channel. With the Brits able to do absolutely zero about it:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gi...

Exclusive: Putin mocks Starmer with warship in Channel
Russian frigate escorts sanctioned tankers through British waters despite PM’s vow to seize vessels

LOL.

Vladimir Putin has openly defied Sir Keir Starmer’s threat to seize sanctioned Russian vessels by sending a warship to escort them through the Channel.

The Admiral Grigorovich, a Black Sea fleet frigate, accompanied a pair of shadow fleet ships on Wednesday while a British naval vessel followed behind.

Positioned on the Royal Charlotte, a boat almost 10 miles from Dover, The Telegraph observed Putin’s flotilla cruising past the south coast while RFA Tideforce, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, trailed in their wake.

Last month, Sir Keir gave special forces the authority to capture the armada of rusted ships illegally ferrying oil to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying he would hit the shadow fleet “even harder” if they sailed through British waters. However, Britain is yet to seize a single Russian vessel.

The Prime Minister has repeatedly faced criticism regarding the state of the Royal Navy and Britain’s Armed Forces. After an Iranian-made drone hit RAF Akrotiri, HMS Dragon, Britain’s only deployable destroyer, was sent to the Middle East, but took three weeks to arrive and has already had to return to port as it suffers water supply issues.

'Shadowed' by an auxiliary tanker. Not even a fleet oiler, and auxiliary one.

Yes. NATO is weak. Witness decades of giving away free stuff: the inevitable decline of your country.