MOD Video Captures Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Interception
Watch: MOD video shows Russian shadow fleet tanker interception – The Ministry of Defence released footage of a six-hour operation in which Royal Marines and National Crime Agency officers intercepted a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel. The mission, backed by RAF support, targeted the vessel *Smyrtos*, which is now under detention and surveillance off the southern coast. Further investigations are ongoing, according to the MoD.
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