"Russia's President Vladimir Putin condemned France's detention of a Russian-linked ship as "piracy", and warned of a "significant" response to what he called European threats as tensions flared. The Russian leader's warning came after the French navy on Saturday boarded an oil tanker that has been blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia's sanction-busting "shadow fleet". The ship, the Boracay, has been linked to mysterious drone flights over Denmark last month, including military sites."
""This is piracy," he said. "The tanker was seized in neutral waters without any justification," adding that there was no military cargo onboard. "We are closely monitoring the rising militarisation of Europe," Putin told a foreign policy forum in the city of Sochi, southern Russia. "Retaliatory measures by Russia will not take long. The response to such threats will be very significant. "Russia will never show weakness or indecisiveness.""
French naval forces boarded and detained the oil tanker Boracay, an EU-blacklisted vessel accused of being part of a sanction-busting "shadow fleet" that transports Russian oil. The Boracay has been linked to recent mysterious drone flights over Denmark, including near military sites, amid wider airspace incidents blamed on Russia, which Moscow denies. President Vladimir Putin labeled the detention piracy, claimed the tanker was seized in neutral waters without justification, and warned of a very significant retaliatory response while citing rising militarisation in Europe. France plans to try the ship's Chinese captain over registration inconsistencies in Brest next February.
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