🏛️ Politics Jun 14, 2026 · Victor Jack

UK seizes Russian shadow fleet vessel in Channel

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British armed forces early Sunday intercepted a Russian shadow fleet tanker, marking the latest effort by European countries to choke off a key source of Moscow’s oil revenues.



Royal Marine commandos boarded the sanctioned Smyrtos oil tanker as it passed through the English Channel overnight in a six-hour operation, Britain’s defense ministry said in a statement, supported by various military assets including a P-8 patrol plane, Maritime Air Group aircraft and the HMS Sutherland f

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