France seizes fifth Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker linked to Ukraine war

The French navy boarded and seized a Russian oil tanker near Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea on 26 June 2026, identifying it as part of Moscow's 'shadow fleet' used to evade sanctions over the Ukraine war. Russia's embassy in France called the seizure 'another case of piracy,' marking the fifth such incident involving French authorities.

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