Russian shadow fleet

Macron casts French tanker seizure as Europe’s warning shot to Russia

The French Navy on June 23 intercepted Russian shadow fleet tanker Deliver off Sicily after it violated maritime law, French President Emmanuel Macron said on June 25.

25 June, 06:37 PM

UK to announce new sanctions targeting Russian shadow fleet

The UK will impose new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector and its shadow fleet, and allocate £210 million ($281 million) to supply enriched uranium to Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, the UK government announced in a press release on June 15.

16 June, 10:08 AM

Putin envoy ties U.K. tanker detention to migrant crisis after alien plea

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s special representative Kirill Dmitriev linked the detention of a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the English Channel to what he claimed was an attempt to distract from Britain’s migration crisis.

14 June, 10:13 PM

Ukraine hails U.K. tanker seizure as blow to Russia’s war financing network

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed Britain’s interception of a tanker from Russia’s shadow fleet. In a post on X, Sybiha said Russia’s shadow fleet is a tool of war.

14 June, 05:35 PM

India strips 235 vessels from registry in blow to sanctions-busting oil fleet

India’s ship classification society is tightening scrutiny of vessels that may be used to evade international sanctions, Reuters reported on June 9, citing IRClass Executive Chairman Arun Sharma.

10 June, 01:47 PM

Brussels prepares 21st Russia sanctions package for approval by week’s end

The European Commission will complete work this week on the European Union’s 21st sanctions package against Russia and submit it to the Council of the EU for approval, European Commission chief spokesperson Paula Pinho said on June 8, European Pravda reported.

8 June, 04:55 PM

More than half of Russia's shadow fleet poses massive oil spill risk — FT

More than half of the tankers in Russia's shadow fleet may be in a hazardous technical condition, posing a risk of a massive oil spill, the Financial Times reported recently.

1 June, 08:54 AM

Ukrainian drones hit Russian shadow fleet tanker and oil depots

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Russian shadow fleet tanker and two oil depots in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, and temporarily occupied Feodosia in Crimea overnight on May 30, Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi said.

30 May, 01:47 PM

Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian shadow fleet and military personnel

Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing new sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet and Russian military personnel, the presidential office said on May 23.

23 May, 05:30 PM

International ring caught smuggling European ships to Moscow

An international criminal group that purchased maritime vessels for Russia's shadow fleet was neutralized by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on May 14.

14 May, 01:33 PM

Ukraine strikes two Russian shadow fleet vessels near Novorossiysk

Ukraine struck two vessels from Russia’s shadow oil fleet near the entrance to the port of Novorossiysk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on May 3, publishing video of the operation.

3 May, 11:20 AM

UK Navy refrains from detaining sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tankers

The UK Royal Navy has not detained a single sanctioned Russian oil tanker despite prior harsh government statements, due to fears that maintaining the vessels would cost the state tens of millions of pounds, The Times wrote on April 20.

20 April, 08:22 AM

Putin sends missile-armed frigate through Channel, testing Starmer’s tanker crackdown

A Russian frigate escorted two sanctioned tankers through British waters, defying British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s pledge to detain vessels linked to Moscow’s shadow fleet, The Telegraph reported on April 8.

9 April, 02:50 PM

U.S. lifts sanctions on vessel tied to Putin’s lover

The U.S. Treasury Department has removed without explanation sanctions on a Russian cargo vessel reportedly connected to Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and shadow shipments, the Important Stories outlet reported on March 31.

1 April, 09:37 AM

Britain targets Russia’s shadow fleet to choke oil cash funding the war in Ukraine

The United Kingdom and its allies plan to increase pressure on Russia, including by targeting its shadow fleet, to curb funding for the war against Ukraine, the United Kingdom’s Defense Secretary John Healey said on March 26, Sky News reported.

26 March, 02:48 PM

Mass drone strike ignites major fuel terminal at Russia's Baltic Sea port - video

Drones attacked the port of Primorsk in Russia's Leningrad Oblast and caused a fuel tank to catch fire overnight, Russian regional governor Alexander Drozdenko claimed on Marсh 23.

23 March, 09:31 AM

France seizes Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker Deyna in Mediterranean operation

France on March 20 detained the Deyna tanker, part of Russia’s shadow fleet, in the Mediterranean Sea after it was found sailing under a false flag, President Emmanuel Macron said on X.

20 March, 06:40 PM

Russia tops winners in global oil chaos

Moscow is the biggest winner of the war in the Middle East, The Washington Post wrote on March 13, commenting on President Donald Trump’s administration decision to temporarily lift sanctions on some Russian oil shipments in an attempt to calm global markets after crude prices surged following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

13 March, 10:47 AM

Sweden detains grain ship Caffa under Ukraine sanctions amid shadow fleet probe

Sweden’s Coast Guard detained the vessel Caffa, which is under Ukrainian sanctions, over suspicions it is sailing under a foreign flag, lacks mandatory insurance and has an unclear ownership structure, Sweden Herald reported on March 6.

7 March, 04:05 PM

U.S. seizes oil tanker Veronica III — video released

U.S. military forces seized the oil tanker Veronica III as it attempted to bypass restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump.

15 February, 04:10 PM

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