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Britain targets Russia's 'shadow fleet' with new sanctions package

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Britain sanctions 30 ships in Russia 's so-called shadow fleet that have been skirting restrictions to transport billions of dollars of petroleum.

U.K. has now sanctioned 73 tankers, the most of any nation, in efforts to cripple a major funding source for Moscow ’s war against Ukraine .

Half the ships sanctioned delivered more than 3.4 billion pounds ( $4.3 billion ) worth of oil and oil products in the past 12 months .

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