The UK military has intercepted an oil tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet in the English Channel, according to Prime ...

Keir Starmer said British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning ...

Keir Starmer says operation involving National Crime Agency has delivered ‘yet another blow’ to Russia and Putin ...

French forces aided by British military personnel, boarded the ship - thought to have come from Russia carrying oil in breach ...

Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship which left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on Wednesday evening.

The U.K.'s Ministry of Defence says the SMYRTOS was in the English Channel and will be held off the south coast during investigations.

UK’s Royal Marines conduct first-of-its-kind operation in the English Channel, causing other tankers to turn around.

UK's National Crime Agency did not clarify the specific offences for which the Indian national was arrested ...

07:26, Sun, Jun 14, 2026 Updated: 11:11, Sun, Jun 14, 2026 British forces have intercepted an alleged Russian shadow fleet vessel for the first time in a 6-hour operation off England's south coast.

British forces have seized a Russian shadow-fleet oil tanker that was trying to transit the English Channel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. “This successful operation ⁠⁠delivers yet another ⁠⁠blow ...

Marines were joined by National Crime Agency officers in the six-hour long operation in the early hours of Sunday.

Ajay Pant, 38, faces up to 10 years in prison under UK sanctions laws after British commandos stormed and seized the MV Smyrtos carrying Russian crude in the English Channel during a first-of-its-kind ...