EU Commandos Board 6th Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker After Putin Threatened Reverse Action

EU Commandos Board 6th Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tanker After Putin Threatened Reverse Action Another Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker has been boarded by European forces - and this time the provocative action took place in Mediterranean waters. In a Monday post on X, Kaja Kallas announced the action by troops under the EU's Operation Irini. They boarded the MV Sun tanker for "flag verification," following suspicions that the vessel was in violation of international law. "Illegal oil sales from shadow fleet ships are a critical lifeline for Russia’s war in Ukraine, and we’ll continue to cut them off," Kallas wrote of what marks the sixth shadow fleet ship to be boarded in recent months. Most of these have happened in northern...

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