File photo of a ship Jin Hui, which was boarded by the Swedish coast guard, in the haze outside Trelleborg, southern Sweden, on May 3, 2026. The UK said on Sunday it detained a vessel linked to Russia's "shadow fleet". (Credit: Johan NILSSON / various sources / AFP via Getty Images/AFP)
British forces boarded a sanctioned tanker suspected to be part of the Russian "shadow fleet" and detained it, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday.
The shadow fleet tankers are vessels that ship oil violating sanctions slapped over Moscow's war on Ukraine.
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