French navy boards suspected Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in the Indian Ocean

President Macron said the French navy boarded the tanker DF Peak about 450 nautical miles south of Réunion, suspected of sailing under a false flag. Ukraine's military intelligence agency GUR says the ship carries Russian crude oil and is linked to the Sovcomflot shipping firm; France is now escorting the tanker for further checks under the authority of the Réunion prefecture. In June, France carried out a similar boarding of the tanker Deliver off Sicily.

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