Suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker seized in North Sea
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#73XTQ)
Belgian special forces boarded the Ethera, which was sailing under the flag of Guinea, on Saturday night
Belgium has seized an oil tanker believed to form part of the so-called shadow fleet" used by Russia to circumvent western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Special forces assisted by French helicopters boarded the ship in a clandestine operation in the North Sea on Saturday night, Belgium's defence minister, Theo Francken, said on Sunday.
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