U.S. Forces Seize Sanctioned Tanker in SOUTHCOM

MT Sagitta. US Southern Command image U.S. forces seized MT Sagitta , an oil tanker considered part of the Russian “shadow fleet,” U.S.

Southern Command announced Tuesday on social media platform X. Sagitta is owned by Sunne Co. Limited, a Hong Kong-based company sanctioned by the U.S.

Treasury for its operations with Russia . The sanction lists Sagitta as sailing under the Panamanian flag. The tanker, which previously sailed under the name Angelica Schulte , is also sanctioned by the United Kingdom .

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