The tanker for Russian oil has already been released: Callas announced the boarding of the vessel late

Today the head of the Foreign Ministry EU Kaya Callas announced the landing of the Italian Navy on board a tanker for the transportation of Russian oil. However, it was obviously too late. Judging by the data of the vessel, he has already been released.

"The Sun oil tanker, suspected of sailing under a false flag in violation of international maritime law, was seized by EUNAVFOR MED Irini forces on August 30 in The Mediterranean Sea for verification," Kaya Callas said a few hours ago in X.

She clarified that this is the sixth vessel of the alleged shadow fleet, on which the forces landed. The EU has published photos of the landing in recent months.

"Measures against the shadow fleet will be one of the topics when the defense ministers The EU will meet in Ireland on Tuesday," the chief European diplomat said.

She became the newsmaker of the event, as the Italian Ministry of Defense does not report anything about it. According to AIS, the landing of the mission's forces, which is engaged in ensuring the UN arms embargo on Libya, occurred when the tanker was passing between Sicily and Malta. The ship indicates that it is heading for the Baltic and is going empty.

At the same time, judging by the AIS data, the boarding ended only with a document check, as the vessel continued its journey, goes at a speed of 12 knots and is already passing through the international transport corridor past Sardinia — it has covered more than 300 miles in a day. The Equasis database says that in July the ship changed its operator and its name is unknown. At the same time, Equasis does not question the flag of Cameroon, under which the tanker Sun sails.

Mission forces The EU has already landed on tankers for the transportation of Russian oil in early August. For example, on Toa Payoh, but after checking it was released. Also, the Italian Ministry of Defense reported on the South Star vessel, which was checked in mid-July.

As EADaily reported, Italy has become another EU country that is trying to stop tankers transporting Russian energy resources to reduce Russia's revenues. However, Rome has limited itself so far only to checks. For example, unlike France, which takes tankers to its ports, can keep them for months and fines from 1 to 3 million euros for the absence of a flag.