#Shadow Fleet
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![Illustrative image. A crude oil tanker discharges its cargo at a floating oil terminal just outside Sri Lanka’s main port in Colombo on July 15, 2014. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. A crude oil tanker discharges its cargo at a floating oil terminal just outside Sri Lanka’s main port in Colombo on July 15, 2014. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The Kairos oil tanker, a Gambian-flagged vessel believed to be part of Russia's shadow fleet, remains anchored on December 8, 2025 in Ahtopol, Bulgaria. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Seven German Students Expose Russian Freighters and Drone Activity Threatening Europe’s Security")
![EU Cracks Down on Russia’s Shadow Fleet, Imposes Sanctions on 43 Vessels and Key Individuals]( "EU Cracks Down on Russia’s Shadow Fleet, Imposes Sanctions on 43 Vessels and Key Individuals")
![Ukraine's Security Service has detected and seized a foreign ship that was involved in Russia's “shadow fleet,” illegally transporting Ukrainian agricultural goods from the temporarily occupied Crimea. (Source: SBU)]( "Ukraine Seizes Shadow-Fleet Ship in Odesa Used to Smuggle Grain From Occupied Crimea")
![A life-size autonomous underwater glider called SG-1 Fathom is seen at the unveiling of the Atlantic Bastion programme on December 4, 2025, in Portsmouth, England. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A life-size autonomous underwater glider called SG-1 Fathom is seen at the unveiling of the Atlantic Bastion programme on December 4, 2025, in Portsmouth, England. (Source: Getty Images)")
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The Royal Navy has quietly entered a new phase of undersea warfare, deploying autonomous gliders capable of patrolling the depths for months at a time in response to a surge of Russian submarine activity near UK waters.![Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Stuck off Bulgaria After Tugboat Abandons Tow]( "Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Stuck off Bulgaria After Tugboat Abandons Tow")
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