France said on Monday that a suspected Russian oil tanker had been detained in the Atlantic over the weekend, in the latest such seizure aimed at combatting Moscow’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet.” The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters with the help of Britain and other partners, said President Emmanuel Macron.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. According to French authorities, the tanker was on its way from Murmansk in northwestern Russia when it was seized. The ship was falsely flying a Cameroonian flag and was heading toward Limbe, a seaside city in the west of the African country, said a spokesperson for the maritime prefecture. “It is unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and fund the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than 4 years,” Macron said. “These ships, which fail to comply with the most basic rules of maritime navigation, also pose a threat to the environment and to everyone’s safety,” he added, posting a video that he said was of the seizure, which showed commandos rappelling from a helicopter onto a ship. The Atlantic maritime prefecture said the interception had taken place more than 400 nautical miles (740 kilometres) west of Brittany. “The examination of the documents confirmed doubts about the irregularity of the flag being flown,” the prefecture said. The ship, which had 23 crew members, was “being escorted by the French navy to an anchorage point for further checks,” the maritime prefecture said.