Britain detains sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia’s shadow fleet

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The United Kingdom’s armed forces boarded and detained the sanctioned oil tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel. The U.K. Defense Ministry identified this as its first operation of this kind, targeting a vessel suspected of being part of Russia’s shadow fleet. This interception occurred during the early hours of Sunday and is described as a blow to the Kremlin amid its war with Ukraine, effectively disrupting the movement of the sanctioned shadow fleet tanker.
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