Russia has escalated a naval confrontation with the United States by deploying a submarine and other warships to escort the oil tanker 'Marinera' across the Atlantic

Russia's only known submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the Kilo-class Novorossiysk, was spotted leaving the region last week.

The Bella 1 evaded a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers near Venezuela last month. Follow Newsweek's latest updates.

Russia sends warships and a submarine to escort a sanctioned oil tanker evading US pursuit in the North Atlantic, raising fears of confrontation.

FURIOUS MOSCOW has accused the US of “outright piracy” after it seized a tanker linked to Russia. American troops boarded the rusting Marinera tanker after a daring two-week chase

For three years, Ukraine has waged an unconventional naval campaign that fundamentally altered the balance of power in the Black Sea. What began as an improvised effort by four engineers working with fishing boats and internet terminals has evolved into a sustained offensive that devastated one of Russia's most important naval formations—without Ukraine possessing a single major warship.

The U.S. seized the "Marinera," which was sailing to Russia from Venezuela after it had broken through an American blockade.

VLADIMIR Putin has sent naval ships and a submarine to escort a rogue Russian oil tanker causing chaos in the Atlantic, reports say. The rusting tanker, which evaded Donald Trump’s Venezuela