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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

French military detain two after boarding Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones

French soldiers on the deck of the Boracay
French soldiers on the deck of the Boracay, one of four Russia-linked vessels in the seas near Denmark at the time of the drone sightings. Photograph: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images

French military personnel have boarded an oil tanker named on a list of Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels and suspected of being a launchpad for mystery drone flights that forced the closure of airports in Denmark last week.

Stéphane Kellenberger, the public prosector in Brest, told Agence France-Presse that two crew members – who presented themselves as the ship’s captain and his first mate – had been taken into custody.

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