Written questions

Russia: Shipping

2026-05-12 · Ministry of Defence · 759 · Official question

James MacCleary

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Shadow fleet set to be interdicted in UK waters in latest blow to Russia, published on 25th of March 2026, (a) how many Russian shadow fleet ships have tr

Answer

The UK has supported multiple interdictions of sanctioned vessels in recent months. We will not get into details of our decision-making process as this could compromise our ability to successfully take action against sanctioned ships, only benefitting ou...