Britain will sanction up to 100 oil tankers from Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, seeking to step up pressure on Moscow in the war with Ukraine as leaders from the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) security alliance meet in Norway on Friday.
The vessels carried cargo worth over $24 billion since the beginning of last year, with some ships also involved in damaging critical infrastructure, Britain said.
The sanctions would represent Britain’s largest package of measures against the shadow fleet, said the office of deeply unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer. It did not provide further detail but similar sanctions previously have restricted or prohibited the movement of shadow fleet vessels and their access to some British ports.