A loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen was being towed almost 25 kilometres eastwards by three tugs. The towing operation was proceeding very slowly at one to two knots (1.

German rescue teams on Friday secured towing lines to a loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen. The stricken tanker Eventin, loaded with 99,

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a heavily loaded oil tanker that Germany's maritime emergencies agency had to secure on January 10 in the Baltic Sea is part of the "shadow fleet" that Moscow uses to avoid sanctions on its oil exports.

Baerbock emphasized that such actions by Russia endanger security in Europe. “Russia jeopardizes our European security not only with its aggressive war against Ukraine, which violates international law,

Germany's foreign minister said the ship is one of Moscow's "dilapidated oil tankers" used to circumvent sanctions.A tanker heavily loaded with oil remained adrift in heavy seas off the northern coast of Germany,