Belgium and France seized a suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the North Sea on Saturday evening, with armed forces boarding the vessel and escorting it to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge as part of broader European efforts to target Moscow's sanctioned oil exports. The operation, conducted within an international task force alongside G7, Nordic and Baltic partners, represents another blow against Russia's use of unmarked or falsely-flagged tankers to circumvent EU sanctions on oil shipments.
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Belgium and France seized a suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the North Sea on Saturday evening, with armed forces boarding the vessel and escorting it to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge as part of broader European efforts to target Moscow's sanctioned oil exports. The operation, conducted within an international task force alongside G7, Nordic and Baltic partners, represents another blow against Russia's use of unmarked or falsely-flagged tankers to circumvent EU sanctions on oil shipments.