00:00French forces intercepted a Russian Shadow Fleet oil tanker earlier this week, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
00:08In a post on social media, Macron said the Navy intercepted a vessel known as Deliver as it was sailing
00:14off the coast of Sicily, quote, in violation of maritime law.
00:19Macron shared video footage appearing to show troops boarding and searching the ship.
00:24This is French warship. I request your vessel's name. Over.
00:30Yes, nation. My vessel name is Tiniwar, Tiniwar, ma'am.
00:35According to Ukraine's main directorate of intelligence, Deliver is a Cameroonian-flagged vessel that has been involved in the export
00:43of Russian oil since 2024, operating mainly out of ports in the Baltic and Black Sea.
00:50The latest interception comes after the UK announced earlier this month that it had intercepted and boarded the Russian Shadow
00:58Fleet tanker, Symitos, in the English Channel.
01:01Russia uses its Shadow Fleet to evade Western sanctions on its energy industry, which prevents Moscow from chartering or insuring
01:11oil tankers, unless it complies with certain restrictions.
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