shadow fleet

On the morning of April 20, an oil spill from the tanker “Alexander Kashchuk” occurred in the sea port of Kholmsk, in the south of the Sakhalin region of the Russian Federation.

Estonian authorities are demanding that technical deficiencies be corrected and insurance checks be carried out before allowing the vessel to continue its voyage.

The President of Estonia has approved relevant amendments to the laws on the organization of the country’s Defense Forces, which allow the military to sink suspicious vessels.

Lithuania proposes to target further EU sanctions against Russian liquefied natural gas and “shadow fleet” vessels.

Russia is increasingly transporting oil by Western tankers as oil prices have fallen below the G7 price ceiling.

Estonian transport authorities have found about 40 violations on the Kiwala tanker, which has been detained in the Gulf of Finland without a flag of any country.

The Russian-flagged vessel initially indicated a different port of destination.

Estonia has detained the oil tanker Kiwala. The vessel is currently east of Aegna Island, with two warships nearby.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced new sanctions against tankers of the Russian “shadow fleet”.

Ukraine is actively fighting violators of international norms and helping to identify accomplices of Russian military aggression.