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Russia mounts deck guns on LNG tanker Marshal Vasilevsky to deter European boarding

Published 1 July 2026

Two fixed gun positions have been observed on the bridge wing of the Russian LNG tanker Marshal Vasilevsky, a flagship vessel of Russia’s sanctions-evading shadow fleet, reportedly intended as defence against drone attack and against European attempts to board the ship. The Times first reported the development. A defence analyst at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies characterised the arming as a warning to NATO that interdicting shadow-fleet vessels risks direct military confrontation.

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