Published on: 2026-06-25
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Paris, June 25 /Sinhua/ — French naval forces on Tuesday intercepted and inspected the oil tanker “Deliver”, which was sailing off the coast of Sicily in violation of maritime law, President of France Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday.
The operation, conducted several days after a similar operation in the United Kingdom, demonstrated Europe’s determination to resist Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet,’ E. Macron stated in his post on the social network X.
British armed forces intercepted an oil tanker from the Russian ‘shadow fleet’ subject to sanctions in the English Channel on June 14, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer stated, calling it the first such operation under the leadership of London. –0–
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