France, with support from Britain and other partners, has intercepted a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
The vessel, identified as Tagor, was intercepted on Sunday morning in international waters.
Macron said the operation was carried out with assistance from allies, including the UK, and described the detention as part of broader efforts to enforce sanctions on Russia.
In a post on social media, Macron said it was “unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years.”
The incident is the latest in a series of interceptions involving so-called “shadow fleet” tankers suspected of transporting Russian oil in breach of Western sanctions.
France has stepped up monitoring of such vessels in recent months.
In a related case, a French court in March sentenced in absentia the captain of a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker to one year in prison for failing to comply with orders to stop his ship.
The vessel had been boarded by the French navy in September 2025 before later being released.
