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President Emmanuel Macron says the French Navy has boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, which was “coming from Russia” and “flying a false flag”.
In a post on X, Macron said the operation was carried out “with the support of several of our allies” and in accordance with UN regulations.
The French government’s Maritime Prefect of the Mediterranean posted a statement on X saying the ship, named Grinch, was intercepted with help from the UK military.
France’s navy have also released an image of a vessel with features matching those of Grinch seen in online archive pictures.
According to location data on MarineTraffic, the ship’s onboard-tracking signal was last received more than six hours ago between Spain and Algeria.
It had previously sailed from around Murmansk in Russia where there is evidence its location signal was spoofed to mask activity.
The ship is...
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