A painted flag, a Russian bluff and an 18-day chase across the Atlantic
- Posted on January 10, 2026
- By CNN
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A painted flag, a Russian bluff and an 18-day chase across the Atlantic
The Bella 1 had been tailed by a US Coast Guard cutter across the Atlantic Ocean for almost two weeks when the ship’s crew employed a novel tactic to evade the US military: painting a Russian flag on its hull.
