Brussels intercepts Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker
Belgian special forces intercepted a tanker belonging to Russia's 'shadow fleet' overnight. Brussels plans to seize the vessel upon its arrival in port.
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Belgium, with France's assistance, seizes suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker
Russia has used a flotilla of ageing tankers of opaque ownership to get around restrictions on its lucrative crude exports imposed over its 2022 all-out invasion of Ukraine.
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Belgium’s special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the ‘shadow fleet’ Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, the government said on Sunday. Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said the vessel was intercepted in the North Sea during an overnight operation. “Today, a vessel from Russia’s shadow fleet was intercepted in the North Sea,” Prevot wrote on social media, thanking Belgian special forces for their “exceptional professionalism and courage.” Belgian...
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