British forces intercept Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Channel

British armed forces intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel on Sunday, leading for the first time an operation to disrupt the oil revenues ​that help fund Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The vessel Smyrtos, sailing under a Cameroon flag, was boarded by Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officials in the early hours on Sunday, with support from Chinook helicopters and other aircraft, a frigate and a minehunter....