The French Navy has seized the internationally sanctioned oil tanker Tagour in the Atlantic Ocean. About this Announce French President Emmanuel Macron.
The arrest took place on the morning of May 31. According to Macron, the tanker was coming from Russia. The operation was carried out jointly with French partners, including Britain, “in strict accordance with the law of the sea.”
“It is unacceptable that ships circumvent international sanctions, violate maritime law, and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years. These ships, which ignore even the basic rules of maritime navigation, also pose a threat to the environment and public security,” Macron said.
The Tagore tanker is subject to sanctions from the United States, the European Union, Great Britain and Ukraine. The ship was subject to British restrictions in February 2026, in a statement by the British government It was saidLondon classifies the tanker as part of the Russian “shadow fleet.” by Data European Union, the tanker transports oil and petroleum products produced in Russia. On the US sanctions list She saysThe tanker flies the Panama flag.
This is not the first time that France has detained oil tankers from the Russian “shadow fleet.” In March, the country’s naval forces seized the tanker “Dina”, which was heading from Murmansk under the flag of Mozambique. However, a month later, the French authorities allowed the ship to leave the port of Marseille.