EU forces participating in Operation IRINI in the Mediterranean Sea boarded the Zimbabwe-flagged tanker MV MIDAG, which presumably was carrying Russian oil, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

“EU forces from EUNAVFOR MED IRINI boarded a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean on 13 November,” she wrote on X.

The boarding, according to Kallas, was conducted on suspicion that the tanker, blacklisted as a “shadow fleet” vessel, “was sailing under a false flag." She did not mention however where the vessel is now.