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The U.S.

blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil remains in full effect.

That in an ex-post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the U.S.

seized a Russia flagship in the North Atlantic this morning and another vessel in a pre-dawn raid in the Caribbean.

We get more from Bloomberg's Mike Shepard in Washington.

Bloomberg's Mike Shepard in the nation's capital.

U.S.

European Command says the Russia-flagged vessel Bella 1 was seized after it was tracked by the Coast Guard.

U.S.

Southern Command says the second ship, the Sophia, was caught conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean and is now headed to the U.S.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the U.S.

will control oil sales from Venezuela indefinitely to drive the changes he says need to happen in the country.

Wright spoke at a Goldman Sachs energy conference in Miami.