The French Navy yesterday seized another tanker subject to international sanctions sailing from Russia, in an operation conducted on the high seas in Atlantic “with the support of many partners, including the United Kingdom,” President Emanuel Macron announced today.
The interception took place “more than 400 nautical miles west of the tip of Brittany, on a tanker coming from Murmansk, Russia.”
“It is unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years,” the French president added in an X post accompanied by images of French forces boarding the ship.
La Marine nationale a arraisonné hier matin un nouveau pétrolier sous sanctions internationales en provenance de Russie : le Tagor. Notre détermination est constante et totale.
Cette intervention a été effectuée en Atlantique, en haute mer,… pic.twitter.com/zxEslYjbUE
– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 1, 2026
“These ships, which do not respect the most basic rules of navigation, are also a threat to the environment and to the safety of all,” Macron continued, assuring that France’s “determination” to fight the Russian shadow fleet is “constant and total.”
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