Belgium’s special forces on Sunday boarded and seized an oil tanker from the “shadow fleet” that Russia uses to circumvent ...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has welcomed Belgium's seizure of a Russian shadow fleet tanker and called on other countries to follow its example.

Belgium’s special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the ‘shadow fleet’ Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions ...

Belgium's special forces, assisted by France, boarded and seized an oil tanker from the so-called Russian shadow fleet used ...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker seized by Belgium in the North Sea - French president Emmanuel Macron said it was a “major blow” to Russia’s shadow fleet ...

The European Union has unveiled plans to use billions of euros in frozen Russian assets to help cover Ukraine’s war needs over the next two years. But Belgium is pushing back following the ...

Belgium believes that Russia will not lose the war in Ukraine, and that claims about its defeat are "a fairy tale and a complete illusion." Therefore, frozen assets will have to be returned to Russia ...

An oil tanker suspected of belonging to the Russian shadow fleet has been seized in the North Sea in a joint Belgian-French operation.

Belgium seized an oil tanker belonging to the Russian shadow fleet on Sunday and suspected of sailing with a "false flag and false documents", Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said.

Europe is ramping up the targeting of Moscow’s fleet of vessels suspected of carrying sanctioned oil or damaging undersea infrastructure.

Russia has used a flotilla of ageing tankers of opaque ownership to get around restrictions on its lucrative crude exports ...

Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions ...