French forces have seized an oil tanker belonging to the Russian shadow fleet, with assistance from the UK, according to officials.
In a post on the social media platform X on Friday, Mr Macron wrote that the French Navy had seized the Deyna vessel.
“The war in Iran will not divert France from its support for Ukraine, where Russia’s war of aggression continues,” he wrote.
“These ships, which circumvent international sanctions and violate the law of the sea, are war profiteers. They seek to reap profits and finance Russia’s war effort.”
Local officials said that the French Navy boarded the Mozambique-flagged oil tanker in the Western Mediterranean after the vessel, sailing from the Russian port of Murmansk, was suspected of flying a false flag.
The operation was carried out with British allies, the French Mediterranean prefecture said.
Posting on X, the French Army said the operation had been carried out in cooperation with the UK’s Permanent Joint Headquarters, which monitored the vessel.
