France's navy boarded the oil tanker Deliver near Sicily, marking its fifth interception of a Russian shadow fleet vessel since September 2025.

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…