UK intercepts Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in English Channel: PM

LONDON, June 14 — British Armed Forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel early Sunday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in what Britain’s Ministry of Defense described as the first UK-led operation of its kind.

In a statement released Sunday, the ministry said military personnel boarded the vessel, SMYRTOS, during a six-hour operation supported by patrol aircraft, helicopters and naval vessels.