- Jul 4
Ukraine's Fedorow resigns as defence minister, blasts military leadership as protests erupt in Kyiv
Mychajlo Fedorow stepped down after a power struggle with Commander-in-Chief Olexandr Syrskyj, accusing him of blocking reforms and undermining morale. Hundreds protested in Kyiv as parliament confirmed a new prime minister.
- Jul 2
Russian shadow fleet tanker owner fined €1 million by French court after Atlantic interception
The owner of the Tagor, a tanker in Moscow’s shadow fleet intercepted by the French navy in May, was ordered to pay a €1 million fine and the vessel is now free to leave French territorial waters, the Brest prosecutor said Thursday.
- Jun 1
French Navy, backed by UK, seizes Russian shadow-fleet tanker Tagor in Atlantic; Kremlin cries 'piracy'
French naval forces, with British helicopter support, boarded and seized the sanctioned oil tanker Tagor in the Atlantic on Sunday, the fourth such interception of a suspected Russian shadow-fleet vessel since September. The Kremlin denounced the operation as bordering on international piracy.
