Keir Starmer said the operation "reminds those fuelling Putin’s war in Ukraine that they cannot hide".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet in a dramatic night-time operation hailed by Kyiv as a blow to Moscow's war machine.

Royal Marine commandos and and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded the Smyrtos, a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel

British armed forces on Sunday ⁠intercepted a Russian shadow fleet ‌oil tanker attempting to pass through the English Channel.