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

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

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

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

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

Navy commandos boarded the ship under cover of darkness by fast-roping from a helicopter in the dark, according to footage ...

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

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.

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

In a post on social media, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the operation delivered "yet another blow to Russia". View on euronews ...

The captain of a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker which was intercepted by Royal Marine Commandos in the English Channel on ...

THIS is the moment French commandos storm a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the latest blow to Vladimir Putin’s war machine.