The EU military boarded the MV MIDAG tanker in the Mediterranean Sea

Military personnel of the European Union (EU) IRINI naval mission boarded the MV MIDAG tanker in the Mediterranean Sea for an inspection. This was announced on November 15 by the head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas.

"During the inspection conducted in accordance with Article 110 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, it was found that the MV MIDAG was sailing under a false flag," she wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

Kallas also claims that the tanker may allegedly belong to the so-called Russian shadow fleet. The inspection of the vessel was carried out as part of the European Union's IRINI naval operation. The Russian side did not confirm the identity of the inspected tanker.

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On November 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the EU was returning to the practices of slavery and piracy, resorting to seizing foreign ships and stealing their cargo. The diplomat noted that the term "shadow fleet" and so-called price ceilings are used in the West to justify such actions, which, as the minister noted, do not exist in international law.