# Suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker boarded by EU forces in the Mediterranean

https://mins.news/en/item/38737

- euronews, 2026-08-31 13:10 UTC
- World
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/31/suspected-russian-shadow-fleet-oil-tanker-boarded-by-eu-forces-in-the-mediterranean

> EU forces boarded an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet in the Mediterranean. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called illegal oil sales by shadow fleet vessels a critical lifeline for Russia’s war in Ukraine and said the EU would continue cutting them off.

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