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Macron announces seizure of suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker

Original: President Macron announced that an operation to seize a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker had been carried out in th

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that French forces carried out an operation to seize a tanker believed to be part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Indian Ocean. Russia is thought to use hundreds of ageing vessels to transport oil around the world in breach of Western sanctions, and the seizure marks a rare direct interception of one of these ships.

Why now: It is a rare direct Western interception of a ship suspected of evading sanctions on Russian oil, highlighting tensions over the shadow fleet.

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• President Macron announced that an operation to seize a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker had been carried out in the Indian Ocean. It is believed that Russia is using hundreds of ships to transport oil around the world illegally. · SkyNews · 130

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