French police detain 2 crew members of oil tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet

A French prosecutor said police have detained two crew members of an oil tanker immobilized off the country's Atlantic coast which President Emmanuel Macron linked to Russia. Macron has alleged that that the tanker belongs to Russia's so-called shadow fleet of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are avoiding Western sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Stéphane Kellenberger, prosecutor of the western port city of Brest, said Thursday that the crew members presenting themselves as the ship’s captain and chief mate have been in custody since at least Wednesday.