>Belgian and French armed forces have seized an oil tanker in the North Sea alleged to belong to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet accused of transporting Russian crude in defiance of Western-imposed sanctions. The ship, named Ethera, is being taken to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
They seized the ship by dropping troops from a helicopter.
SoulEkko on
The tankies tanker tanked, thankfully.
minobi on
Thank you.
zdzislav_kozibroda on
It’s a shame that Putin will be the biggest winner of the oil price rise as a result of the Iran situation.
We should do anything we can do to maintain the chokehold on Russian economy. It’s been working well. It is the only way to get some sensible negotiating table engagement from Putinist Russia.
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>Belgian and French armed forces have seized an oil tanker in the North Sea alleged to belong to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet accused of transporting Russian crude in defiance of Western-imposed sanctions. The ship, named Ethera, is being taken to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
They seized the ship by dropping troops from a helicopter.
The tankies tanker tanked, thankfully.
Thank you.
It’s a shame that Putin will be the biggest winner of the oil price rise as a result of the Iran situation.
We should do anything we can do to maintain the chokehold on Russian economy. It’s been working well. It is the only way to get some sensible negotiating table engagement from Putinist Russia.
Go Belgium! 🇧🇪
It looks like it’s the same one (Ethera) from the previous post [https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1rhkn82/belgian_armed_forces_board_and_seize_russian/](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1rhkn82/belgian_armed_forces_board_and_seize_russian/)
Is there any estimation to how many of these ships make up the shadow fleet?