"Should we do more on shadow shipping? Yes we should, and I've now identified further military options that we can use to target shadow shipping,"
"look at the legal basis on which we can act against shadow shipping and sanctioned ships, and the military options that we might use"
"And frankly, I'd want to see any oil revenue that could be raised from seized sanctioned ships recycled and put into Ukraine in order to fight Putin's invasion."
"And it is part of making sure that Putin is not so easily able to fund his war machine in Ukraine through the sale of sanctioned oil."
Defence Secretary John Healey said the UK is coordinating with allies to pursue plans to seize Russian 'shadow fleet' vessels and use their oil to support Ukraine. Russia has deployed hundreds of ageing tankers with obscured ownership to evade sanctions on oil exports since its invasion. British forces assisted US troops earlier this year in seizing an oil tanker accused of carrying sanctioned oil. The UK has not yet boarded shadow fleet vessels but is exploring military and legal options, with a Joint Expeditionary Force meeting planned. Healey noted 250 ships sanctioned in the past year and a quarter reduction in Russian oil revenues.
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