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Meanwhile, French president Emmanuel Macron has confirmed the seizure of the tanker, which he said belonged to the Russian shadow fleet.
In a strongly worded post on X, he said:
“The French navy boarded this morning in the Mediterranean a new vessel from the shadow fleet, the Deyna.
The war in Iran will not divert France from its support for Ukraine, where Russia’s war of aggression continues.
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