British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reported that a Russian tanker trying to pass through the English Channel was stopped in an operation carried out with the participation of the country's armed forces and law enforcement. The UK Ministry of Defense announced that Royal Marines commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded the sanctioned Smyrtos tanker in a 6-hour operation. The British Ministry of Defense stated that the operation was a "severe blow" to Russian President Vladimir Putin.