The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Vladimir Putin’s “shadow fleet” risks “destabilisation in Europe.”
The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleh Ivaschenko has reported to President Zelensky that Russian shadow fleet oil tankers are being used “reconnaissance and even sabotage activities.”
Ivaschenko discussed with Zelensky specific tasks of placing further sanctions on Russia, particularly how to stop Putin circumventing Western sanctions which have to be stopped.
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President Zelensky wrote on Telegram, “Our intelligence is actively working with partners to prevent Russia from using the so-called shadow fleet vessels to commit sabotage and other attempts at destabilization in Europe.
“We provide all the necessary information to our partners and expect that the opposition to Russian interference will be much stronger.
“Currently, the Russians are using tankers not only to earn money for the war, but also for reconnaissance and even sabotage activities.
“It is absolutely possible to stop this.”
President Zelensky said, “I instructed the head of foreign intelligence to work on those areas with partners that can provide Ukraine with more real supplies of the necessary weapons and equipment.”
Denmark has stepped up their environmental checks on the oil tankers who are using a shipping lane in the Baltic and North Seas in a crack down on the shadow fleet.
Each year more than 60,000 vessels sail past Denmark and dozens are suspected to be Putin’s shadow fleet to circumvent Western sanctions.
Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke in a statement, “We’re now reinforcing the control of basic environmental rules, so we can act in a more coherent and effective manner against petrol tankers and Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’.”
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