France Intercepts and Seizes Another ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker, Escalating Tensions With Russia
June 25, 2026
High tension in the sea.
As the geopolitical conflict between Russia and the Western Globalist leaders keeps escalating, the seas have become a virtual battleground.
Keir Starmer’s UK and Emmanuel Macron’s France are choosing oil tankers as the perfect ‘soft targets’ for them to flex their military muscles without fear of pushback.
Today (25), news arise that the French navy seized another tanker supposedly linked to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’.
They paint this as enforcing sanctions and squeezing one of the main Russian revenue streams.
French detained a Cameroonian-flagged tanker, claiming it belongs to Russia’s “shadow fleet”.
Macron posted a cringy video showing military personnel descending from helicopters onto the Deliver ship.
He just copies Starmer. pic.twitter.com/HtaSC6irCa
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) June 25, 2026
Reuters reported:
“Nine suspected shadow fleet tankers, vessels shipping oil and gas to skirt Western sanctions, have now been seized across Europe since the start of 2026, including four by France. Britain seized an oil tanker in the English Channel on June 14.
Another three suspected shadow fleet tankers have been inspected as part of a European naval mission in the Mediterranean, a Western military source said.”
Needless to say, Moscow has called such actions illegal, bordering on piracy.
“The tanker left Primorsk, one of Russia’s main oil export terminals, and was intercepted near Sicily as it headed towards the Suez Canal en route to Singapore.
[…] The military source said the Deliver was operating under a Cameroonian flag, despite having been formally struck off Cameroon’s registry weeks earlier, meaning it was navigating without nationality and breaching international maritime law.”
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Author: Paul Serran