Macron said the operation, France’s fifth such seizure since September, showed Europe’s resolve to stop Russia from bypassing sanctions, as Ukraine struck oil sites deep inside Russia and the Kremlin denied pressuring Belarus to widen the war

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…