Poland intervenes after Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship detected near Baltic Sea cable

A Russian “shadow fleet” ship performed suspicious manoeuvres near the cable connecting Poland and Sweden, Poland’s PM Donald Tusk said.

The Polish military intervened in the Baltic Sea after a Russian ship carried out “suspicious manoeuvres” near a power cable connecting Poland and Sweden, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.

“A Russian ship from the ‘shadow fleet’ covered by sanctions performed suspicious maneuvers near the power cable connecting Poland with Sweden,” Tusk wrote on X.

“After the effective intervention of our military, the ship sailed to one of the Russian ports.”

The term “shadow fleet” is used to describe ships Russia operates under concealed means to evade sanctions.

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