IN BRIEF: What is known about the detention of the tanker Deyna in the Mediterranean Sea

MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. On March 20, the French military detained the tanker Deyna, sailing under the Mozambican flag from Murmansk, the Maritime Prefecture of the Mediterranean said.

French President Emmanuel Macron also announced the detention of the vessel, claiming it belonged to a so-called Russian shadow fleet.

TASS has compiled a digest concerning the situation.

- On March 20, the French Navy conducted an operation in the western Mediterranean against the oil tanker Deyna, sailing under the Mozambican flag from Murmansk, the prefecture said in a statement.

- It is alleged that the operation was carried out jointly "with France's allies, including Britain, which participated in tracking the vessel," based on "Article 110 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and was aimed at verifying the nationality of a vessel suspected of using a false flag."