France Seizes Shadow Fleet Tanker; Russia Decries 'Piracy'

French military intercepted and is escorting a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's shadow fleet to Reunion island, marking another enforcement action against sanctions evasion. Russia condemned the seizure as 'piracy,' escalating rhetoric but not altering the pattern of Western interdictions. The incident underscores continued Western pressure on Russian oil exports and the legal gray zone of shadow fleet operations.