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Russia has secured oil tankers in the Baltic: the Swedish Navy noticed how: EADaily
EADaily, December 17th, 2025. The Russian Fleet is guarding tankers that transport oil, the Swedish Navy said. According to them, armed guards have appeared on the ships, and Russian military ships are stationed in special zones of the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic and North Seas to monitor shipping.
Russia has recently increased its military surveillance of the Baltic Sea, presumably to protect so-called shadow fleet tankers, and has also probably deployed military personnel aboard some of them. This was stated by Marko Petkovic, Head of the Operations Department of the Swedish Navy, SVT reports.
Swedish navy flags armed guards aboard Russian shadow tankers
Sweden’s navy has confirmed that Russia is mounting a military-style operation in the Baltic Sea to protect its sanctioned shadow fleet, with uniformed and potentially armed personnel observed aboard some oil tankers used to evade Western sanctions on Russian crude exports. According to Sweden’s naval operations chief, the increased activity reflects a more permanent Russian …
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