Zelenskyy thanks UK for intercepting Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after armed forces board vessel - UK politics live

Keir Starmer said British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning

British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in Channel

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the UK for intercepting a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel, describing it as an “important step”.

“It was Russia’s hubris, fuelled by high oil and gas revenues, that paved the way for this war, and every decision by partners that deprives Russia of money also limits the war itself” he wrote in a post on X, in which he personally thanked the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and “all Britons”.