Jami'an sojan Birtaniya sun kame tare da shiga cikin wani jirgin ruwan mai na Rasha a cikin Tekun Ingila a safiyar Lahadi, kamar yadda Keir Starmer ya tabbatar. A cikin wani aiki na sa'o'i shida—wanda shine irinsa na farko da Birtaniya ta jagoranta—sojojin Royal Marine da jami'an Hukumar Kula da Laifuka ta Kasa sun shiga cikin jirgin mai suna Smyrtos, wanda ke tafiya a karkashin tutar Kamaru.
Bisa ga gidan yanar gizon Marine Traffic, jirgin yanzu yana tsaye a bakin tekun Dorset, kusa da Weymouth. Hukumomi sun ce za a sa ido a kansa don duk wata damuwa ta muhalli ko tsaro.
Jami'an Birtaniya sun ce Smyrtos na daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa 700 a cikin wani rukunin jiragen ruwa na inuwa wanda ke daukar kashi 75% na fitar da mai na Rasha, wanda ke karkashin takunkumin kasa da kasa. Manazarta sun ce wannan rukunin jiragen ruwa yana ba wa Rasha wata hanya mai mahimmanci, yana ba ta damar sayar da mai da samar da kudade don ci gaba da yakin ta a Ukraine.
Aikin da aka yi a safiyar Lahadi shi ne karo na farko da Birtaniya ta jagoranci irin wannan kokarin, bayan da ta taimaka wa sojojin Faransa a wani aiki makamancin haka a Tekun Atlantika.
A rubuce a shafin X, Starmer ya ce ya umurci sojojin Birtaniya da su kame jirgin mai yayin da yake kokarin shiga Tekun Ingila. "Wannan aiki mai nasara ya sake buga wa Rasha wani duka kuma yana tunatar da wadanda ke kara wa [Vladimir] Putin goyon baya a yakin Ukraine cewa ba za mu bar su su boye ba," in ji firaministan. "Ina son godewa wadanda suka shiga hannu, ciki har da sojojinmu da jami'an tsaronmu wadanda ke kiyaye wannan kasa lafiya sa'o'i 24, kwanaki 365 a shekara."
Dan Jarvis, wanda ya zama sakataren tsaro a ranar Alhamis bayan John Healey ya yi murabus, ya ce: "Ayyuka irin wannan suna bukatar fasaha, kwarewa da jaruntaka. Ina jinjina wa sojojinmu da duk wadanda suka shiga hannu. Rasha ta dogara da rukunin jiragen ruwa na inuwa don tallafawa rikicin ta a Ukraine, kuma katsewar mu ta buga wa yakin haramtaccen Putin duka."
Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta ce aikin soja ya samu goyon bayan jiragen sama daga Rukunin Jiragen Sama na Maritime (chinooks, Merlin Mk4 da Wildcat), jirgin RAF P-8, da kuma jiragen ruwa na sojan ruwa HMS Sutherland da HMS Ledbury. Da take kiran shi "duka ga akwatin yakin Putin," Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta ce an gudanar da aikin "tare da hadin gwiwa ta kusa da Faransa." Ta ce Birtaniya ce kan gaba wajen magance rukunin jiragen ruwa na inuwa, bayan da ta riga ta sanya takunkumi kan jiragen ruwa sama da 500. "Wadannan takunkuman suna aiki," in ji ma'aikatar, inda kudaden shiga na Rasha daga mai da iskar gas suka ragu da kashi 24% a kowace shekara a 2025.
Starmer ya sanar a watan Maris cewa ya ba da izini ga sojojin Birtaniya su shiga cikin jiragen ruwa da ke karkashin takunkumi wadanda ke wucewa ta cikin ruwan Birtaniya.
A rubuce a shafin LinkedIn, babban mai shari'a, Richard Hermer, ya ce: "Wannan gwamnati ta bayyana karara cewa za mu bi rukunin jiragen ruwa na inuwa na Rasha a karkashin cikakken ikon dokokin kasa da kasa. Rasha ta dogara da jiragen ruwan mai na rukunin inuwa don tallafawa rikicin ta a Ukraine, kuma wannan katsewa da aka aiwatar da fasaha ta buga wani duka ga injin yakin Putin. Ina jinjina wa jaruntaka da kwarewa na musamman na sojojinmu, da duk wadanda suka shiga hannu."
Da yake magana da BBC, Al Carns, wanda ya yi murabus a matsayin ministan sojojin a daren Alhamis, ya ce: "Yayin da muke barci lafiya a daren jiya, akwai sojojin ruwa da na sama da na ruwa da ke hawa jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu, suna tashi a kasa kan teku, suna tashi a gaban jirgin, suna saurin hawa jirgin, suna tsare shi, sannan suna kai shi cikin ruwanmu na yanki. Wani aiki mai ban mamaki, wanda Royal Marines da sauran suka aiwatar da kyau."
Da aka tambaye shi me yasa ba a yi irin wannan mataki ba a baya, Carns ya ce a baya akwai wani jirgin ruwan yaki na Rasha a Tekun Ingila da ke kare rukunin jiragen ruwa. Wasu daga cikin wadannan jiragen suna wucewa. "Ya kasance game da samun yanayi masu dacewa don komai—daga batun shari'a zuwa kaya—ya cika sharuddan shiga jirgin," in ji shi.
"A zahiri mun taimaka wa kasashe da yawa da yawa wajen aiwatar da wadannan shiga jiragen—Amurka, Faransa, da sauransu. Kuma ina ganin yanzu da na farko ya faru, za mu iya ganin karin, idan dama ta taso."
