# Putin: Moscow will respond in kind if West seizes Russian commercial vessels

https://mins.news/en/item/19886

- TASS, 2026-08-12 08:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2171725

> Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would respond in kind if Western countries seized Russian commercial vessels. He stressed that the issue was not limited to the areas where Russian ships might be taken. Putin said Russia would act wherever Moscow considered such action necessary and reasonable. His remarks presented the possible response as extending beyond the immediate locations of any vessel seizures.

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