French Navy intercepts shadow fleet tanker Tagor

⚡️French Navy intercepts sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker in Atlantic, Macron says. The vessel, Tagor, has been transporting Russian crude oil and petroleum products and is sanctioned by the EU, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.

France arrests false-flagged shadow fleet tanker Tagor sailing from Russia. unn.ua/en/amp/franc...

🛳️ According to FT, at least a third of "shadow" tankers need to be scrapped immediately, and more than half are actually at risk. The "shadow fleet" has about 1,800 ships, of which about 1,500 are oil tankers. Most of them are over 20 years old, the age at which cargo ships are usually scrapped.

🇪🇺 EU plans to present the sanctions package officially in early June. The sanctions would also cover around 20 more vessels from Russia’s shadow fleet. In addition, they would apply to ships carrying liquefied natural gas. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/eu-considers...

Macron announced the detention in the Atlantic Ocean of one of the tankers of the russian shadow fleet. "Yesterday morning, the French Navy detained a tanker that was under international sanctions and was heading from russia," - Macron reported

France,with British help, has seized another Russian shadow fleet tanker. Preisident Macron announced the operation, against The Tagor, being used by Russia to circumvent sanctions on oil exports.

🇫🇷🇬🇧🇷🇺 France, supported by the UK, has detained the sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” tanker TAGOR in the Atlantic. Macron says such actions will continue to block Russia from evading sanctions and funding the war.

France detained a tanker of Russia's shadow fleet in the Atlantic with the support of partners, Macron announced. According to him, the vessels should not evade sanctions, violate maritime law, and finance Russia's war against Ukraine.

It marks the fourth time since September that France has boarded vessels believed to belong to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet."

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1559 1. Grey zone ops: 🇫🇷 Navy boards 🇷🇺 shadow fleet tanker Tagor in Atlantic 2.Lukashenko threatens 🇺🇦 3. 228 strike drones, 27 leakers

#Shadowfleet: France acts, Germany provides safe passage May 31: France boards a false flagged tanker with Russian oil in int. waters. June 1: a Russia bound tanker decides last minute to take the safer southern Bornholm route, through German waters. Afraid of boarding prone Swedes.

UK helps French navy seize Russian shadow fleet tanker in Atlantic. Footage shared by President Macron showed an oil tanker suspected of flying a false flag as part of President Putin’s shadow fleet being intercepted. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

As of June 1, 2026, France had handled 4 Russia shadow-fleet tankers: Boracay/Pushpa was released but its captain convicted; Grinch and Deyna left after fines; Tagor (today) was boarded and diverted over irregular flag papers.

Russian Shadow Fleet France again sets up oil tankers in the Atlantic with allies The Navy stopped the oil tanker "Tagor" in the Atlantic. It is already the fourth landing of a ship allegedly belonging to the Russian Shadow Fleet by France. 1/

🇷🇺🛢️ More than half the world's sanctioned oil vessels run the risk of causing serious environmental harm, the Financial Times reported on May 31, citing leading ship recycler Anil Sharma. kyivindependent.com/sanctioned-s... #russia