MARSEILLE: France detained a Russia-linked oil tanker off the coast of Sicily earlier this week, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. “On Tuesday, the French navy boarded the oil tanker Deliver as it was passing off the coast of Sicily in breach of the law of the sea,” Macron posted on X . The vessel, which was flying the Cameroonian flag and sailing from Primorsk in Russia, was being escorted by the French navy to an anchorage for further checks, maritime authorities said.

It comes after the UK announced earlier this month that it had intercepted and boarded the Russian shadow fleet tanker "Smyrtos" in the English Channel. #EuropeNews

MARSEILLE: France detained a Russia-linked oil tanker off the coast of Sicily earlier this week, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. “On Tuesday, the French navy boarded the…