{"id":2613911,"date":"2026-06-14T10:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britain-detains-sanctioned-oil-tanker-believed-to-be-linked-to-russias-shadow-fleet\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:09:02","slug":"britain-detains-sanctioned-oil-tanker-believed-to-be-linked-to-russias-shadow-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britain-detains-sanctioned-oil-tanker-believed-to-be-linked-to-russias-shadow-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain detains sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia\u2019s shadow fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritain-detains-sanctioned-oil-tanker-believed-to-be-linked-to-russias-shadow-fleet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613911&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LONDON (AP) \u2014<\/strong> Armed British forces boarded and detained\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sweden-sea-owl-i-shadow-fleet-4a949b7b11d355e7db0a767982125e6e\">a sanctioned tanker<\/a>\u00a0Sunday that is suspected of being part of the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-sanctions-shadow-fleet-oil-baltic-ukraine-76b66900d599d6e49692643674907fc0\">Russian \u201cshadow fleet,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0shipping oil in violation of international sanctions over\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">Moscow\u2019s war on Ukraine<\/a>, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Royal Marine commandos rappelled from helicopters onto the vessel, the <em>Smyrtos<\/em>, in the English Channel, in what the country\u2019s Defense Ministry called \u201cthe first U.K.-led operation of its kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4607678\/turkey-dominant-power-middle-east-beyond\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>How Turkey came to position itself as a dominant power in the Middle East and beyond<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4606760\/taiwan-opposition-leader-cheng-li-wun-xi-jinping-chinese-identity\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Taiwan opposition leader praises \u2018gentle\u2019 Xi Jinping as she insists her nation must embrace Chinese identity<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4607662\/lebanon-army-withdraw-israel-troop-advance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lebanese army withdraws from southern village after Israeli troops advance nearby<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vessel will be held and monitored off the south coast of England for investigation, according to the Defense Ministry. The operation was carried out \u201cin close coordination\u201d with French authorities, who have previously\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-russia-tanker-intercepted-shadow-fleet-e8a24c4cebf73bc2f7097ef3ae6c344d\">intercepted a number of vessels<\/a>\u00a0linked to the \u201cshadow fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis operation delivers yet another blow to Russia and reminds those fueling Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine that they cannot hide,\u201d Starmer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade sanctions over its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Sailing under a Cameroon flag, the <em>Smyrtos<\/em> left the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga on June 5 destined for Port Said, Egypt, according to the MarineTraffic website.<\/p>\n<p>U.K. authorities said that such operations were \u201cdirectly bearing down on the resources sustaining Russia\u2019s aggression in Ukraine and reducing its capacity to threaten security across Europe and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Starmer and the British people for their \u201cprincipled resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4607921\/iran-war-peace-deal-trump-80th-birthday\/\">IRAN REVIEWS US PEACE DEAL AS TRUMP HOPES FOR END TO WAR ON 80TH BIRTHDAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was Russia\u2019s hubris, fueled by high oil and gas revenues, that paved the way for this war, and every decision by partners that deprives Russia of money also limits the war itself,\u201d Zelenskyy said on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEurope urgently needs to take legislative steps to enable not only the detention of tankers and restrictions on oil shipments, but also the confiscation of the oil they carry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Armed British forces boarded and detained\u00a0a sanctioned tanker\u00a0Sunday that is suspected of being part of the\u00a0Russian \u201cshadow fleet,\u201d\u00a0shipping oil in violation of international sanctions over\u00a0Moscow\u2019s war on Ukraine, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. 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