US EditionHUR Identifies Russian Tanker Evading Oil Sanctions with Illegal Transfers Near Greece, Cyprus
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An oil tanker has been transferring oil from ship to ship in international waters since July 2024, reports the main Ukrainian military intelligence directorate.
HUR identifies Russian tanker evading oil sanctions with illegal transfers near Greece, Cyprus
An uninsured Russian Aframax-class tanker has been illegally conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers in international waters near Greece and Cyprus since July 2024, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on June 16.According to the agency, the vessel, operating without Western insurance, is part of Russia's expanding shadow fleet used to bypass G7 and EU sanctions on Russian oil exports. HUR said such transfers "pose an environmental threa…
Europe's risky war on Russia's 'shadow fleet'
The European Union’s latest moves (as part of its 17th package of sanctions against Russia declared in May) to target much more intensively Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and other vessels illustrate the danger that, as long as the Ukraine war continues, so will the risk of an incident that will draw NATO and the EU into a direct military clash with Russia. The EU sanctions involve bans on access to the ports, national waters a…
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Over a third of the Russian shadow fleet are ships purchased for billions from European companies – after the war began. Now that oil prices are skyrocketing, the shadow fleet could grow even larger.
In addition to evasion of sanctions, Russia uses this fleet as a hybrid war weapon, reports intelligence.
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