### [2026-06-25](/feed/2026/06/25/index.md)

##### France–Russia relations
# French president Emmanuel Macron announces that the navy intercepted and boarded the Cameroon-flagged, Russia-linked oil tanker "Deliver" off the coast of Sicily, Italy, two days earlier. 




### Sources:

1. [The Moscow Times](https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/25/france-intercepts-shadow-fleet-tanker-near-sicily-a93096)

### Changes:

1. French president Emmanuel Macron announces that the French Navy intercepted and boarded the Cameroon-flagged, Russia-linked oil tanker "Deliver" off the coast of Sicily two days earlier.  _2026-06-26 03:46:29 (First version)_
1. French president Emmanuel Macron announces that the navy intercepted and boarded the Cameroon-flagged, Russia-linked oil tanker "Deliver" off the coast of Sicily, Italy, two days earlier.  _(Current version)_

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