French police arrested Captain and first officer Russian “Shadow Fleet” oil tanker that was seized from the French coastAs they investigate whether it was included in the last week Drone incident in Denmark,
Stephen Kelenberger, an prosecutor from the Western French city breast, said on Thursday that both people were accused of proving the nationality of the ship and failing to disregard the orders, with their custody.
Tanker is carrying Russian Crude oil was exiting the coast of Denmark around the time of drone, which began last Monday and closed several Danish airports.
Western authorities believe that the vessel is part of Russia’s shadow fleet, which is a group of aging boats used by Russian companies to ship oil products worldwide, bypassing Western sanctions.
French Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu wrote on X (Twitter), “Thanks to our Navy Commando and French Navy crew, who intervened on a Russian shade fleet tanker later this week, currently anchor away from St.-Nazier.”
“His action contributed to the arrest of two members of its crew.”
Officials said on Wednesday that the French soldiers boarded the ship several days ago at the request of the prosecution. The office of the prosecutor in the breast said that an investigation was opened in the “refusal to cooperate” and “failure to justify the nationality of the vessel”.
A military officer told the Associated Press that the French naval forces again boarded the ship on Wednesday to board the ship to provide food and fuel to the crew.
Known as a tanker Pushpa Or BoracayWhose name has changed several times, was sailing under Benin’s flag and appears in the list of ships targeted by the European Union sanctions against Russia. According to the Marine Traffic Monitoring website, it was on the way to India from Russia’s Baltic C Port of Primals.
French president Emmanuel Macron It was suggested that the tanker was stopped due to “intervention” by French authorities.
“I think it’s a good thing that this work has been done and we are able to stop it,” he said on the occasion of a summit of leaders of the European Union in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He said, “Some very serious wrongdoings done by this crew were done, which is why there is legal action in the case,” he said, without expansion.
Officer in Denmark Russian participation refused When the view of the drone closed the Copenhagen Airport for four hours last week, which was described as a “critical Danish infrastructure attack on the infrastructure”.
Asked if the ship was associated with the incidents of drones in Denmark, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederricasen said she would not comment on specific investigation, but also said that the area was “facing a lot of problems with the shadow fleet”.
“This has been the case, especially in the Baltic Sea,” she said. “We are working together to fight this situation together.”
Mr. Macron said that the “notorious shadow fleet” made between “600 and 1,000 ships”, is believed to represents tens of billions of euros of Russia’s budget and finance 40 percent of its war efforts.
Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said Russia had no information about the ship.