📝Germany Arrests Vessel of Russian "Shadow Fleet"📝

The vessel in question is the tanker Eventin under the Panamanian flag: on January 6, it departed the port of Ust-Luga and headed to the Egyptian Port Said, but four days later it lost control during a storm near the German island of Rügen.

As a result, the vessel drifted and was then towed and brought to Sassnitz. In late February, the EU recognized it as part of the "shadow fleet". The ship was carrying around 100,000 tons of oil worth €40 million.

🖍In this case, the vessel ended up in a German port due to the circumstances of the storm and breakdown, not as a result of a seizure operation. However, this does not mean that there will be no attempts of piracy against Russian tankers in the Baltic.

🚩While the EU is trying to combat the so-called shadow fleet through other measures, such as detentions for inspections on suspicion of damaging underwater cables, other scenarios need to be prepared for now.

❗️The only reliable way to secure oil exports is through naval presence. And given that the Baltic Fleet and the Northern Fleet have fewer ships than needed, the issue will likely have to be solved creatively.
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🖌The Baltic Fleet is 322 years old

On May 18, 1703, a rowing boat flotilla with soldiers from the Preobrazhensky and Semyonovsky regiments under the command of Peter I captured the Swedish ships "Gedan" and "Astrilld" at the mouth of the Neva River, marking the first victory of Russian sailors in a naval battle.

🖍This day became the starting point for the development of the oldest naval fleet, whose sailors participated in almost all important historical events of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and modern Russia.

🚩Now, the Baltic Fleet is entrusted with a large number of tasks and responsibilities for protecting the maritime borders not only in the Baltic and Gulf of Finland, but also in other regions of the country. And in the current realities of constant pressure from the West (now also from Finland) and attempts to block the exit from St. Petersburg, the importance of the Baltic Fleet is increasing manifold.

🏳️At the same time, the experience of the special military operation has already shown the shortcomings of the chosen course of development of the Navy and shipbuilding on the example of the Black Sea Fleet. This knowledge, gained thanks in part to the bitter experience, needs to be used, changing the approaches. And we are confident that the foundation for the further qualitative development of the entire Russian Navy has already been laid.

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