Estonia Attempts to Stop a Russian Dark Fleet Vessel Flying No-Flag | Jets Are Scrambled

Estonia, Russia, and NATO Confront Each Other over the Dark Fleet
May 17, 2025

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the actions by the Estonian Defense Forces to halt the tanker Jaguar as it was discovered not to be registered in any country. Russia responded with a SU-35 fighter, and the tanker refused to stop.

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00:00 China Maritime Studies Institute
02:15 Estonia Tried to Stop Dark Fleet Tanker
18:07 Running into Fans in Newport

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