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News & Current Events Apr 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM

France to target Russia's 'shadow fleet' with tougher penalties for ships sailing under false flag

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France to target Russia's 'shadow fleet' with tougher penalties for ships sailing under false flag
France 24
France to target Russia's 'shadow fleet' with tougher penalties for ships sailing under false flag
France plans to double jail terms for owners and operators of ships that fail to fly the correct flag or refuse to comply with orders to stop, according to a draft update to the country's military planning…
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TonyTheTerrible Apr 10, 2026 +6
False flag ships should be sunk as a security risk
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nthpwr Apr 10, 2026 +8
that's a waste of a perfectly good ship/scrap and an evironmental disaster. Just confiscate and sell lol
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Felonphantom Apr 10, 2026 +1
Most crew is hardly ever Russian. You will be killing all the sailors and starting a diplomatic crisis with multiple countries. Hardly wise.
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Unique_Watch4072 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Sail for a Russian ship, be prepared for shit to rain down on you. You picked your battles and you did so unwisely. Sink those ships.
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Unique_Watch4072 Apr 10, 2026 +5
Just do it you cowards.
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AccomplishedSoft1350 Apr 10, 2026 -19
France is just a sad little country. It speaks a big game at every arena and then never does anything. It reeks as a pathetic attempt to stay relevant. The British does things. The Germans don't do anything but they aren't out there strutting like they matter.
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No-Cryptographer7494 Apr 10, 2026 +8
what are you talking about? they already boarded multiple ships and the british were the last of those. sad little angry man
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NeverEndingCoralMaze Apr 10, 2026 +5
Friendly reminder: Don’t feed it.
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50Centurion Apr 10, 2026 +1
Yeah let's just blame france while USA is literally ruining the world with their child rapist president Moron
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