Helicopter hovering above a ship, with a rescue operation in progress as a person is lowered from the aircraft.

Helicopter hovering above a ship, with a rescue operation in progress as a person is lowered from the aircraft.
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This is the 4th ‘Shadow Fleet’ ship seizure by French troops.

As Europe is raging with rearmament efforts, Euro-Globalists continue with their non-stop campaign against Russia – but, mind you, they’re directing their military assets against ‘soft targets’ such as defenseless oil tankers.

Today it arises that the French navy has intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker linked to the Russian trade.

The operation took place in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, and the ship was taken to a French port.

Unsurprisingly, Russia protested the ‘illegal action’ that bordered on ‘international piracy’.

French authorities said the inspection ‘confirmed suspicions regarding the irregularity of the flag flown’.

“To try to skirt Western sanctions, Russia has relied on old vessels, known ​as the shadow fleet, to ship its oil and gas. France and Britain have both vowed to obstruct such vessels as part of a European strategy to combat the oil revenues that help fund Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine.”

French Navy intercepts Russian tanker under international sanctions in the Atlantic, emphasizing commitment to maritime law and international cooperation to ensure safety and environmental protection.

“‘It is unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the ​sea, and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years’, Macron wrote on X.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov

RT reported:

“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has condemned the French seizure of an oil tanker in international waters as ‘borderline piracy’. Paris had hailed the move as the enforcement of anti-Russian sanctions.

The crude oil tanker Tagor was boarded by French commandos in the Atlantic, with support from the UK and other countries, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday while presenting footage of the raid.

Macron claimed the vessel posed environmental and safety risks and was engaged in the ‘circumvention of international sanctions’, referring to restrictions adopted by a number of Western countries targeting Russian foreign trade. The measures were imposed without a UN mandate following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.

Peskov rejected Macron’s claim that French forces had acted in accordance with international law. He said Russia would ‘draw on this negative experience’ when adjusting the ‘measures we take to ensure the safety of our shipments’.”

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