Armed forces boarded the ship on Saturday evening and were escorting it to the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken wrote on X around 1 a.m. local time Sunday.Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images

Belgium seizes suspected Russian shadow fleet vessel – POLITICO

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Belgium working with France seized a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the North Sea late Saturday, as Europe ramps up the targeting of Moscow's fleet of vessels suspected of carrying sanctioned oil or damaging undersea infrastructure.

Armed forces boarded the ship on Saturday evening and were escorting it to the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken wrote on X around 1 a.m. local time Sunday.

France's President Emmanuel Macron said French helicopters participated in the "major blow for the ghost fleet." France has boarded two other suspected vessels in recent months — the Boracay and the Grinch.