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Britain seizes Russian 'shadow fleet' ship

2026-06-14 18:02:16Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

British forces have detained an oil tanker linked to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" in the English Channel, in a six-hour operation in the early hours of Sunday.

According to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the operation was carried out by Royal Navy commandos and specialist officers from the National Crime Agency, with support from the Royal Air Force (RAF).

The ship, identified as the Smyrtos, will be kept under monitoring off the south coast of England while investigations continue, the British Ministry of Defence announced.

"This successful operation deals another blow to Russia and reminds those who fund Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not allow them to hide," Starmer said.

Even British Defense Minister Dan Jarvis said that the intervention directly affects Moscow's ability to finance the war in Ukraine.

"Russia relies on the shadow fleet to finance the conflict in Ukraine, and our intervention is a blow to Putin's illegal war," he said.

The operation was supported by aircraft from the Naval Air Group, an RAF P-8 patrol aircraft, as well as the British warships HMS Sutherland and HMS Ledbury.

According to British authorities, Russia has set up a network of more than 700 ships with unclear ownership structures to evade international sanctions on its oil exports. This “shadow fleet” transports about 75 percent of sanctioned Russian oil and is considered a key source of funding for the Kremlin.

The United Kingdom has so far imposed sanctions on more than 500 ships linked to this network.


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