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June 14 (Reuters) – British armed forces on \u200bSunday intercepted a Russian shadow fleet oil \u200ctanker attempting to pass through the English Channel.<\/div>\n
The vessel SMYRTOS was boarded \u200bby Royal Marine Commandos \u200band specially trained law enforcement officers \u2060from the National Crime \u200bAgency, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said \u200bin a statement.<\/div>\n
The vessel will be held and monitored off the south coast \u200bas investigations continue, the \u200bstatement said, adding that enforcement action in \u200cBritain’s \u2060territorial waters was carried out in accordance with domestic and international law.<\/div>\n
British Prime Minister Kier Starmer \u200bsaid that \u200bhe \u2060had directed the interception.<\/div>\n
“This successful operation delivers yet another \u200bblow to Russia and \u200breminds \u2060those fueling Putin’s war in Ukraine that we will not let \u2060them \u200bhide,” Starmer said \u200bin a post on X.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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