Ukraine has imposed sanctions on 91 tankers belonging to russia's shadow fleet

This was reported on the website of the Office of the President.

russia used these vessels to transport oil and petroleum products from russian ports, including Novorossiysk, Ust-Luga and Primorsk, to third countries. This was done in circumvention of sanctions imposed by the European Union, the G7 and other states.

The sanctioned vessels sailed under the flags of about 20 countries. Among them, only one was russian, while the rest were flags of Panama, Liberia, Cameroon, Barbados, the Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, Sierra Leone, Tonga, Palau, Guinea, the Comoros, the Bahamas, Indonesia, Malawi, Guinea-Bissau, Djibouti, Guyana and Eswatini.

Ukraine will pass on the relevant information to these countries and will also work with partners to further synchronise sanctions in their jurisdictions.

Twenty-seven vessels on this list are already under sanctions imposed by partners: the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the European Union.

"Tankers belonging to the shadow fleet are a key tool for circumventing oil sanctions, so their identification and the imposition of sanctions against them must be carried out quickly and without exception. Each such vessel should be considered as part of the financing of the russian war machine," said Vladislav Vlasyuk, advisor to the president on sanctions policy.

Source: Economic Pravda