TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @tankertrackers.com · May 27

It appears that Russia is not going to try its luck at supplying Cuba with much-needed fuel amid the US-led fuel blockade of the island nation. After drifting for five weeks in the Sargasso Sea, the US-sanctioned, Russian-flagged Handymax tanker UNIVERSAL (9384306) has now deviated 1200nm SE.

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Eleanor Grant · May 27

What do they think would happen if they sailed closer to Cuba? I can't see the US Navy firing on a Russian civilian ship! If the US boarded the tanker and stole it, that would be quite the international incident.