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UK seizes suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker

UK forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned Russian ship, with navy commandos rappelling onboard from helicopters. The UK and Ukraine hailed the move, saying it robbed Russia of money for its ongoing war of aggression. Grouped from 5 articles across 4 sources.

5 reports4 sourcesJun 14, 2026, 4:17 PM
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DWJun 14, 2026, 4:17 PM

UK seizes suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker

UK forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned Russian ship, with navy commandos rappelling onboard from helicopters. The UK and Ukraine hailed the move, saying it robbed Russia of money for its ongoing war of aggression.

ABC AustraliaJun 14, 2026, 12:00 PM

UK armed forces intercept Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker

The British armed forces have intercepted the sanctioned oil tanker in a bid to disrupt the oil revenue ​that helps fund Russia's war in Ukraine.

The GuardianJun 14, 2026, 3:56 PM

British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in Channel

Keir Starmer says operation involving National Crime Agency has delivered ‘yet another blow’ to Russia and Putin Keir Starmer said he directed British troops to seize a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel in the early hours of Sunday, the first time the UK has led a naval capture since the start of the war in Ukraine. The prime minister released a video on TikTok early on Sunday showing heavily armed Royal Marine commandos boarding the oil-laden Smyrtos tanker, which had been sailing south of the Isle of Wight en route from Russia to India. Continue reading...

The GuardianJun 14, 2026, 12:02 PM

Zelenskyy thanks UK for intercepting Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after armed forces board vessel - as it happened

Keir Starmer said British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in Channel Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the UK for intercepting a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel, describing it as an “important step”. “It was Russia’s hubris, fuelled by high oil and gas revenues, that paved the way for this war, and every decision by partners that deprives Russia of money also limits the war itself” he wrote in a post on X , in which he personally thanked the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and “all Britons”. Continue reading...

Al JazeeraJun 14, 2026, 3:39 PM

UK forces seize suspected Russian oil tanker accused of funding Ukraine war

British armed forces intercepted an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s sanctioned shadow fleet.

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