Thursday saw another Russia-linked tanker, part of the so-called shadow fleet of sanctions evading vessels, boarded by a European country's navy. Such incidents are ramping up, and likely Moscow is also increasing its security deployments related to protecting the vessels. Just as Ukrainian Preside»»»

Paris: France has intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea on suspicion of links to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" used to finance the war in Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Writing on X, Macron said the vessel was under international sanctions and suspected of sai»»»

This is the second high-profile arrest of a suspicious vessel by France in the past few months. AI generated Text-to-speech PARIS — The French Navy on Thursday boarded a vessel off the Mediterranean coast it suspects of being part of Russia's embargo-defying shadow fleet. "The French Navy boarded a»»»

PARIS, Jan 22 - The French navy on Thursday intercepted a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean suspected to be part of the so-called shadow fleet, which enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions. "This operation was carried out ... with the support of several of our allies. It was conducted in »»»