Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today: The UK now has confirmed a legal basis for the #UK military to forcibly board and detain shadow fleet vessels, #BBC reports. This follows British troops assisting the U.S. in forcibly boarding a Russian shadow fleet tanker.

UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believe

Existing law could be used to approve the use of military force to stop sanction-busting ships operated by Russia and Iran.

NEWSFLASH: #Kyiv mayor calls on city residents to leave if possible as power/heating conditions worsen; water supply cut off to many due to last night's attack. More than 1K settlements across #Ukraine remain without power; #Russia used nuke-capable missile to target energy.

At 1:55 a.m. this morning, our reporter in #Caracas looked up with a start. Explosions were being heard all throughout the city. Here’s what he saw, heard and felt as the U.S. captured #Maduro — and what he fears will happen next.