France arrests captain of Russian shadow-fleet tanker seized in Atlantic
The Tagor was boarded in international waters on 31 May after its captain refused to comply with French Navy orders.
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More than half shadow fleet’s oil tankers are corroding toward disaster, top recycler warns
Anil Sharma, who runs the world's biggest ship-recycling firm, told the FT that "luck was running out" to avoid a major oil spill.
France’s navy boards a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet’s oil tanker in the Atlantic
The Tagor was hauling crude from a Russian Arctic port toward West Africa when commandos stopped it on the high seas, with British help.
Europe weighs freezing Russia’s oil price cap as the Iran war threatens to loosen it
Brussels could override the automatic formula that would otherwise let the ceiling jump from $44.10 to at least $65 a barrel in July, Bloomberg says.
Ukraine strikes Russia’s Sheskharis terminal with 75 million tons of annual oil throughput and 2.5 million cubic meters of tank capacity
Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck Russia's Sheskharis oil terminal, the largest oil-loading facility in southern Russia. It has…
BBC: 184 sanctioned Russian tankers made 238 journeys through UK waters since the PM’s March intercept threat
94 instances saw vessels enter actual UK territorial waters, and a Russian frigate escorted one tanker through the Channel — with zero publicly confirmed boardings.
Post-Assad Syria still dependent on Russian oil despite shift to the West – Reuters
Russian shipments now cover most of Syria’s crude needs as domestic production remains far below demand and alternative suppliers have failed to fill the gap.
Ukraine launches push to sync sanctions with allies — Russia’s shadow grain fleet first on the list
President Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv is building a system against Russia's shadow grain fleet modeled on its work against the shadow oil fleet, with sharper sanctions coordination with partners coming in May.
Sea drones hit Russian shadow fleet tanker as it waited for an at-sea oil rendezvous off Russia’s Black Sea coast
Two kamikaze sea drones hit the empty Cameroon-flagged ship in its engine room and propeller area as it drifted with its AIS turned off on the morning of 29 April, Ukraine's GenStaff reported.
As Western unity cracks, Ukraine fights to keep Russia sanctions alive
Moscow plays divide and conquer, testing allies as fuel shortages bite
EU’s 20th sanctions package hits 20 Russian banks, 46 shadow fleet tankers, and crypto platforms
Shadow fleet total hits 632 ships; new measures cover oil transport, Russian banks, crypto platforms, and re-exports via Kyrgyzstan.
Russia’s shadow fleet is moving $10 billion in oil right now — that’s budget for next week’s attacks on Ukraine
Easing sanctions on Russia fuels the illusion the war can continue, says Zelenskyy.
Trump extended the ban on Russian ships docking in US ports — keeping a Biden-era measure alive through spring 2027
The White House cited Russia's policies as constituting a continuing disturbance to US international relations.
How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times?
The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.
Ukrainian troops in Libya: a launchpad for Mediterranean strikes on Russian shadow fleet – RFI
RFI investigation finds more than 200 Ukrainian officers and technical specialists based across three Libyan sites, with Tripoli's approval – and direct Mediterranean access.
Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker
The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.
No flag. Russian oil. Two intelligence operatives on board. Now its captain faces prison.
A French court sentenced Chen Zhangjie, who commanded the sanctioned tanker Boracay, to one year in prison after he refused to let France's navy inspect the vessel last September.
Ust-Luga burning again: Ukraine is now hitting this Russian oil port every other day — the shadow fleet tankers that load here keep waiting offshore
Some drones entered Eatonia but were not intercepted, with a spokesperson noting that Russia's use of electronic warfare to deflect Ukrainian drones was likely behind the crossings.
Ust-Luga on fire again: Drone strikes keep Russia’s Baltic oil ports burning as Ukraine targets war revenues at source
Drone strikes have now hit Ust-Luga multiple times in days, targeting revenues that stand to grow as global prices rise amid the Iran war.
Ukraine hits Ust-Luga and Primorsk for the third time in five days — the pace suggests Kyiv is trying to destroy Russia’s Baltic oil export ports beyond repair
NASA satellite data confirmed new fires at both ports; together they handle 2 million barrels of Russian crude exports daily. A drone also struck Severstal's blast furnace in Cherepovets in the same night.