EU detains Russian shadow fleet tanker MV South Star for sanctions evasion

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

🇪🇺🇷🇺 European authorities have detained the tanker MV South Star, a vessel linked to Russia’s so-called "shadow fleet," on suspicion of sailing under a falsely registered Cameroonian flag. According to Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR), the tanker was involved in exporting Russian oil products from the Black Sea ports of Tuapse and Novorossiysk during the period of Western sanctions and the oil embargo imposed on Moscow. The vessel is believed to have been part of the network