France and the U.K. have seized the Russia‑linked oil tanker Tagor on the high seas in the Atlantic, in what Emmanuel Macron insists was a sanctions‑enforcement operation “in strict accordance with maritime law.” Moscow is denouncing the move as EU “piracy,” as Paris points to an earlier hit on shadow‑fleet tanker Deyna and NATO signals it will not be cowed by Putin’s threats at sea.

Sur X ce lundi 1er juin, le président de la République a jugé "inacceptable que des bateaux contournent les sanctions internationales".

The French president said the operation was carried out on the high seas in the Atlantic Ocean with the support of several partners, including the UK