France has detained the Russian tanker Tagor, which was sailing under a Cameroonian flag. There were 23 crew members on board and inspections are ongoing.

The Royal Navy’s Type 23 warship HMS Somerset launched a helicopter to help track the sanctioned vessel The Tagor in International waters, it has today been revealed

EADaily, June 1st, 2026. Z-bloggers of the telegram channel "Two Majors" reacted sharply to the capture of another one coming from Russian tanker Tagor, as announced today by French President Emmanuel Macron.

French troops rappelled onto the rusted deck of the Tagor from a naval helicopter hovering overhead. With the help of British forces, they were intercepting a sanctioned oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”.

The French Navy has reportedly conducted a dramatic maritime operation in the Atlantic Ocean, targeting the Russian-linked oil tanker Tagor as part of ongoing enforcement actions against Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.