A report is circulating online that 14 European countries have allegedly closed the Baltic Sea to Russia’s “shadow fleet.”
🔎 A joint statement from 14 European countries (including Germany, France, Poland, Sweden, Finland, the UK, and others) was published on the UK Department for Transport’s website.
❗️The document does not include decisions on blockades, sea closures, or mass seizures of vessels.
📄 Contents of the statement:
- a call to strengthen oversight of vessels that
– change flags
– turn off AIS
– sail without recognized documents and insurance
🚫 What’s not in the text:
- closure of the Baltic Sea
- decisions on military action
- announcements of the seizure of the “shadow fleet”
⚓️ This is a political and legal warning, not a blockade. Pressure on the shadow fleet is intensifying, but Europe has yet to resort to direct military action.
We continue to monitor developments 💫