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Putin and Trump have had a pretty warm relationship.

The big question is whether this incident could finally fracture their bromance.

Two oil tankers, two overnight, were seized by the United States of America, stateless or sanctioned.

The president, when he speaks, he means let, means it.

He's not messing around.

It still comes as a surprise that they decided to board it and seize it, just because it risks

such a big confrontation with Russia. Why the US has seized two sanctioned oil tankers, including one in European waters with support

from the UK. From The Guardians today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Harf.

I'm joined by Piotta Sauer, who's our Russia Affairs correspondent.

Thanks for being with us, Piotta.

So it's been a really dramatic hour or so.

Two ships seized by the US, one in the North Atlantic off the coast of Iceland, the other in the Caribbean.

That first one seems particularly interesting.

Give me a breakdown of what's happened. The, the sieges are part of Donald Trump's larger campaign to capture

Venezuelan linked ships after he announced a blockade on all ships going in and out of Venezuela.

But as you said, the capture of one of the ships is particularly interesting because it was sailing under a Russian flag and it was captured between Iceland and Scotland.

And it's the first time in recent history that the US border then seized a Russian ship.

Or certainly one that's flying under a Russian flag, as is the case with this one.

So before we come into details about the ship, just tell me about how this operation unfolded.

Yeah, the details are still emerging, but we know that both Russia and the US have put in considerable efforts to protect the ship,

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