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French navy intercepts suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in Mediterranean
Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:25 pm
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The French navy has intercepted a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean suspected to be part of the “shadow fleet” that enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions.
“This morning, the French navy boarded and searched an oil tanker from Russia, subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag,” President Emmanuel Macron said on X.
“The operation was carried out on the high seas in the Mediterranean, with the support of several of our allies,” he added, saying the vessel had been “diverted”.
The tanker, Grinch, is the latest in a series of Russian-linked ships to be intercepted by the US and European powers in recent months. It was located between the southern coast of Spain and the northern coast of Morocco in the western Mediterranean and then diverted, the French maritime police said in a separate statement
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Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:28 pm to HenryParsons
They couldn't just take it out?
Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:30 pm to HenryParsons
Mama, le Grink est là!
Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:35 pm to OweO
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They couldn't just take it out?
Yeah, let's keep an environmental disaster while we are at it.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:35 pm to OweO
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They couldn't just take it out?
The French Navy?
Posted on 1/22/26 at 3:38 pm to W2NOMO
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The French Navy?
Outside of the U.S., the French have one of the more legit navies. They're one of the only other countries with any ability to really project force outside their home continent.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 4:54 pm to OweO
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They couldn't just take it out?
I'm sure Italy and Greece would love 25 million gallons of crude being dumped into the med.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 4:57 pm to HenryParsons
Posted on 1/22/26 at 5:11 pm to OweO
Ya, let's sink an oil tanker. What's the worst that could happen?
Posted on 1/22/26 at 5:53 pm to SECCaptain
I wasn't being serious..
Posted on 1/22/26 at 5:54 pm to HenryParsons
Sure they did.
They probably surrendered.
They probably surrendered.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 6:03 pm to HenryParsons
They were checking for Grey Poupon.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 6:17 pm to HenryParsons
Is the new French navy still using those glass bottom boats so they can see the old French navy?
Posted on 1/22/26 at 6:36 pm to OweO
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They couldn't just take it out?
What kind of stupid is this?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:33 am to HenryParsons
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French navy intercepts suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker
Correction: French navy pre-emptively surrenders to Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker
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