Britain's military conducted a six-hour naval operation Sunday to intercept an oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet in the English Channel, according to the UK Defence Ministry. Shadow fleets—vessels that operate outside standard maritime oversight to evade Western sanctions—have become crucial to sustaining Russia's wartime economy. Ukrainian officials welcomed the interception, underscoring coordinated international pressure on sanctions enforcement.

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