French tanker for the troops board related to the Russian “Shadow Navy”

The French soldiers have embarked on an oil tanker, which is believed to be part of the Russian Senchev Fleet, used to avoid sanctions imposed on the war in Ukraine.

Borakai left Russia last month and was off the coast of Denmark when unidentified drones forced the temporary closure of several airports last week. It has been anchored by Western France for several days.

French President Emmanuel Macron told the EU leaders meeting in Copenhagen on Wednesday that the crew had committed “serious crimes” but did not develop.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia did not know about the ship.

The News Agency AFP cites a source, as French military officials said on the ship on Saturday.

Macron refused to be attracted to whether the ship could have been used as a platform for drone flights that caused such disturbances in Denmark last week.

Brest prosecutors have opened an investigation on two charges: they refused a stop order and failed to justify the nationality of the ship’s flag.

Many western countries have imposed sanctions on Russian energy, limiting imports and limiting the price of their oil after the start of the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine in 2022.

To avoid these sanctions, Moscow has built what is referred to as a “shadow fleet” by tankers whose property and movements can be darkened.

Russia is thought to have a fleet of several hundred tankers that are registered in other countries and are used to export its gasoline. Macron said the Russian shadow fleet contains between 600 and 1000 ships.

Boracay, also known as Pushpa and Kiwala, is a ship -plastered ship but is referred to by the United Kingdom and the EU against Russia.

He was detained by the Estonian authorities earlier this year for sailing without a valid rural flag.

He left the Russian port of Primorsk in front of St. Petersburg on September 20 and sailed across the Baltic Sea and along Denmark before entering the North Sea and held through the English channel.

It is planned to arrive in Vadinar in northwestern India on October 20, according to data on the website to track marine traffic. However, he was followed by a French warship after rounding the shore of Brittany and then changed and headed east to the French coast.

EU leaders meet in Copenhagen Under pressure to strengthen the European defense after a series of Russian invades in the airspace in the EU and days after the drones have directed the Danish airports.

Copenhagen’s airport, followed by several Danish airports and military sites on the Jutland Peninsula, faced the drone interruption last week.

Danish Prime Minister Met Fredericksen told reporters that “from a European point of view there is only one country … Wishing to threaten us and this is Russia, so we need a very strong answer.”

The Danish authorities have not found evidence that Russia is behind the break of the drone last week, but Fredericksen explicitly associates it with other so -called hybrid attacks such as Russian drones over Poland.

It was part of a model that was to be viewed from a European point of view, she told reporters on Wednesday.

The invades have become the most axis for the EU Eastern flank countries, such as Poland and Estonia.

A number of Member States have already supported plans for a multi-layer “drone wall” for rapid detection, then tracking and destroying Russian drones.